The method of Boisen and Fernandez [Boisen, S., Fernandez, J.A., 1997. Prediction of total tract digestibility of energy in feedstuffs and pig diets by in vitro analyses, Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 68, 277–286] for measuring in vitro fecal digestibility of organic matter (OMdv) or in vitro digestible organic matter content (DOMv, g/kg) was used on 113 compound feeds (79 as mash and 34 as pellets)...

Abstract Secondary fungal metabolites which may affect animal health and productivity are known as mycotoxins. These naturally occurring often detected in a variety of feed ingredients. Mycotoxin occurrence contamination levels corn gluten products wheat middlings or “midds” were monitored this study. Samples submitted from the US screened via LC-MS/MS for six major mycotoxin groups: aflatoxins...

The study examined the effects of two methods processing de-hulled sunflower seed meal (SFM) from same batch seeds. Sunflower was fed to broilers as (MSFM) or after it had been pelleted (PSFM) at 75 °C and 360 kPa pressure pass through a 3 mm mesh. Three diets were prepared, namely balancer feed (BF) containing 200 g/kg MSFM PSFM. They 30 pens (two birds each) with male Ross 308 broilers, 8 21 ...

This study investigated the influence of particle size and feed form on the performance, the AME(n), and the gross morphological and histological parameters of various segments of the digestive tracts of broilers fed wheat-based diets. The experimental design was a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments evaluating 2 wheat particle sizes (medium and coarse) and 2 feed forms (mash and pellet)....

A completely randomized design experiment was conducted to determine the effects of physical form of the diet (pellets or mash) on the growth performance and water intake of broiler chicken. Twenty seven days-old (n=32) broiler chicks were randomly allocated into 8 deep litter cages. Each cage housed 4 birds and contained a feeder and a drinker. Birds in four cages were fed a commercial broiler...

lactobacilli, Bacillus subtills, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae were applied to produce fermented feeds (FF), The FF was pelleted investigated for its influences on egg quality laying hens, the (FF) ferment with 10 g / kg feed of probiotic a wetting ratio half liter/kg 48 hours where it used at rates 0, 25%, 50 %, 75%, and 100% treatments T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 respectively, duration stu...

The rabbit's gastrointestinal physiology is a complex system that centers around the separation of digestible and indigestible components of the diet in the proximal colon. The clinical importance of this system is the need for a consistent diet high in long particle length (> 0.5 mm) indigestible fiber to maintain the motility of the cecum and colon. Most of the common gastrointestinal problem...

With a maximum size of ca 0.5 mm, Micromoina arboricola is among the smallest moinids known to date. It was discovered in a flooded treehole in a forest in the Medio Rio Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it mainly feeds on particulate organic matter derived from the vinhatico tree . However, it is easily cultured in the lab on a diet of green algae plus yeast and pelleted fish food. Stru...

Treatments using combinations of pelletized herbicides with prescribe burning were tested for planting site preparation on steep terrain (>35% slopes) in the Alabama Piedmont. Mixed forests of southern pines, oaks, and hickories occupied areas before logging. Three burning treatments (no-burn, preand post-harvest) were applied randomly among three 4-acre major plots at each of three study locat...