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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