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Tips for appearance quality control of extruded feed

The preference of good-looking products on the fiercely competing market have had feed manufactures pay more attentions to the appearance quality of extruded feed pellets.

Muyang therefore in here offers some operational tips to help eliminate appearance problems and add value to feed extrusio...


Producing small expanded pellets by single-screw aquafeed extruder

At present, aquafeed extruder has won some popularity in aquafeed industry. Expanded aquafeed, as a high- quality feed species featuring high feed intake, high conversion efficiency and environment-friendly advantage, has been more and more well recognized and accepted in market. With the enhancement ...


Particle Size Reduction For Animal Feeds: Part 2

Grinding Equipment

Both roller mills and hammermills have been applied to the task of particle size reduction or grinding in feed milling appli...


A Perspective On Mixing And Mix Uniformity: Part 2 - Equipment Properties, Current and Future Aspect

Equipment Properties

The range of equipment used to mix feed is at least as diverse as the ingredients. There have been many attempts to reduce mixing concepts to a series of engineering equations thus facilitating equipment design from a theoretical approach. The fact is most contemporary mi...


A Perspective On Mixing And Mix Uniformity: Part 4 - Problem Ingredients, Discharge And Cleanout Of

Problem Ingredients

The physical properties of ingredients can affect mixing. If all of the physical properties are relatively the same, then mixing becomes fairly simple. As the physical characteristics of ingredients begin to vary widely, blending and segregation problems are compounded. So...


Handling and Storage Of Soybeans and Soybean Meal: Part 2 - Factors Affecting Safe Product Storage

Factors Affecting Safe Product Storage

The three major factors affecting the storability of soybean and soybean meal are moisture content, temperature, and duration of storage. The general condition of the product and amount of foreign materials also affect their storability.

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Evaluating Feed Components and Finished Feeds: Part 1

Feed Analysis

Tim Herrman
Extension State Leader
Grain Science and Industry
Kansas State University

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Statistical Process Control: Techniques for Feed Manufacturing, Part 2

Tim Herrman
Extension State Leader
Grain Science and Industry

Procedures for Developing a Control Chart
Step 1. Collect samples or measurements during processing. This is similar to Step 1 for the frequency histogram. In some cases, multiple measurements for a partic...


Avoiding Drug Carryover During Feed Processing and Delivery, Part 1

Avoiding Drug Carryover During Feed Processing and Delivery Drug carryover is a form of feed contamination that may result when the substance in question has been transferred (carried) from an acceptable location or feed to an unacceptable location or feed. Carryover of an animal drug...


Deadly Feed Additive Killing Donkeys

Jan 5th, 2005: by Amy McLean, Sowhatchet Mule Farm, Inc. Madison, GA

It has recently been approved by the FDA (the Food and Drug Administration), that ionophores (a subtheraputic medicine/additive that increases feed consumption by increasing nutrient absorption in the rumen of the cow or acts...


The work of an aquaculture consultant in Malaysia

[Mak Wai Yee]

Aquaculture technical sales representatives help farmers in preventing fish diseases, maintaining water quality and increasing yield.

Aquaculture is an expanding industry in Malaysia. The same can also be said about aquaculture and fisheries consultancy.

Erin Tan Chu...


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