AIM The aim was to determine the chemical composition and metabolisable energy (ME) content of feedstuffs used in ruminant animals using in vitro method. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 18 feedstuffs used for ruminant feeding including cultivated non-leguminous fodders like maize, sorghum, pearl millet, and oat; leguminous fodders like cowpea and berseem; agro-industrial by-products such as ...

This work deals with the bioconversion of cellulose from press cakes of Jatropha oilseeds, which is a byproduct from a biodiesel plant, into ethanol by using the methods of acid pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The process includes the pretreatment method of the finely ground cellulosic solid oilseed cake with dilute sulphuric acid and heating the mixture a...

Biodiesel production currently follows a first-generation model using edible oils as raw materials. Such is unsustainable, considering that it limited by the high cost of oils, competes with food sector, and linked to deforestation other environmental threats. Changing material base non-edible provides an opportunity increase sustainability biodiesel industry avoid conflicts production. Process...

Background: The price of conventional protein sources like soybean and peanut has increased markedly in recent years resulting urgent need for exploring alternate sources. Due to increase availability cottonseed meal (CSM) cotton-growing areas India as compared other oil seed meals, CSM is becoming one the major components concentrate mixture (CM) fed animals. Methods: A study was undertaken as...