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Week 6

Feed Processing

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Effect on Nutrition

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  • Reduces particle size, exposes nutrients for action by microorganisms, tissues of digestion
  • Generally increases passage rate
  • Can increase feed conversion to production, maintenance requirements
  • Heat treatment
    • Of legumes reduces anti-growth factors
    • Of grains will gelatinize starch making it more digestible
    • Can reduce vitamins and increase oxidation
  • May reduce or increase feed density

 

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