Animal Feed Technical Articles
Article published the May 10, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Temperature is the most important environmental factor in animal production and directly affects animal responses. Domestic birds are homeotherm animals and therefore must expend energy to mainta...
Article published the May 7, 2018:
After fermentation, ethanol is separated by distillation while the water and non-fermentable materials (known as whole stillage) are decanted or centrifuged which results in wet cake (e.g., removed suspended so...
Article published the April 25, 2018:
In this interview with Engormix, Kurt Rosentrater, Associate Professor at Iowa State University and Executive Director at the Distillers Grains Technology Council, answered questions about several important fac...
Article published the April 19, 2018:
A. ANIMAL FACTORS
B. PLANT FACTORS
C. PREPARATION OF FEED
A. ANIMAL FACTORS
1. Species
Roughages high in crude fibre are better digested by ruminants than by non-ruminants due to the pre-gastric f...
Article published the April 12, 2018:
Introduction
Silage is commonly used in animal feeding of the countries with developed livestock industry since the silage has a high nutritive value and moisture content. It is also easy to store and preserve...
Article published the April 5, 2018:
Introduction
Lycopene is a pigment red or infrastructure that exist in some vegetables and fruits (pineapple, orange, tomato, grapefruit, strawberries and sweet peppers) but found high concentrations in tomato...
Article published the March 22, 2018:
Pellet Quality
For purposes of this paper, pellet quality will be equated to the ability of pellets to withstand repeated handling without excessive breakage or fines generation. There are many factors that af...
Article published the March 22, 2018:
Particle Size
Optimum particle size for best pelleting results has been a matter of controversy for almost as long as feeds have been pelleted. Young (1960) found no significant differences in pellet durabilit...
Article published the March 15, 2018:
1. Introduction
Livestock production is an important component of agricultural activities in Pakistan, which has a strong agrarian base with vast tracts of cultivable land. Livestock including poultry contribu...
Article published the March 13, 2018:
Introduction
The global aquaculture production of food fish has increased tremendously over the last decade, reaching 62.7 million metric tonnes in 2011 or about 40.1% of world total fish production [1]. Asian...