Mohammadreza Abdollahi

Dear Dr. John Sinclair, As you have mentioned it can be measured by enzymetical methods. to do so you can easily use a Megazyme Kit called Starch Damage kit. I have already used it amd got a reasonable results for measuring starch gelatinisation. good luck

Thanks for the article. It's a comprehensive review on Pellet quality. I think when we are talking about pellet quality we should consider the percentage of fines in pelleted feed, pellet durability, pellet hardness and also nutrient quality of pelleted feed which makes the issue a bit complicated. Low fine and good pellet durability does not necessary mean that we also have a good hardness. While ...

Regarding to effect of pressure on pre-pelleting conditioning: Steam pressure which can be used during conditioning is usually ranged between 20 psig=138 kPa (low pressure) to 80 psig=552 kPa (high pressure). According to some researches (Briggs et al., 1999 Maier and Briggs, 2000), steam pressure does not have a significant effect on feed quality in terms of pellet durability. The reason can b ...