Corn distillers grains (CDG) and corn gluten feed (CGF) are the major corn coproducts fed to cattle. Both CDG and CGF can be fed wet or dried with animal performance usually similar when fed wet or dried products; however, some research results favored the wet products. Cattle diets can contain CDG or CGF as replacements for portions of both concentrates and forages. Distillers grains is a very...

The paper presents the feasibility studies on wet air oxidation studies being carried out using the dissolved resin feed having COD value upto 50000 ppm on pilot scale set-up under a pressure upto 20 bars for various durations. This paper also presents comparison of various industrial practices being adopted for treatment of spent resin.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of Rumensin and Tylan in feedlot diets containing wet distillers grains plus solubles. Eight hundred beef steers (329 ± 25 kg) were blocked by initial BW and randomly assigned to one of five treatments (20 steers per pen, 8 pens per treatment). Treatments consisted of a corn-based diet with Rumensin and Tylan (CORN+RT) and four treatments ...

Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) is a neurologic condition in ruminants that can be caused by several dietary factors including water deprivation-sodium ion toxicosis, lead poisoning and high sulfur intake. Three month old calves on a 1500-cow dairy experienced neurologic problems during three separate episodes. The morbidity rate approached 75% each time. Based upon post-mortem examination, three o...

The present investigation deals with the study and development of a surface roughness prediction model for the machining of unidirectional glass fiber reinforced plastics (UDGFRP) composite using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The feed forward back propagation is used. Taguchi method (Orthogonal L16 array) is employed to carry out the experimental work. The process parameters selected for stu...

The objective of this study was to evaluate feces, urine, and N excretion by Jersey and Holstein cows. Sixteen multiparous cows (n=8 per breed) were fed 2 experimental rations at calving in a switchback experimental design. Diets were 50% forage and based on corn meal (control) or whole cottonseed. Half the cows in each breed started on the control diet and half started on the whole cottonseed ...

The use of non-slip surfaces during loading and unloading of weaned pigs plays an important role in animal welfare and economics of the pork industry. Currently, the guidelines available only suggest the use of ramps below 20° to load and unload pigs. Three ramp angles (0°, 10° or 20°), five bedding materials (nothing, sand, feed, wood shavings or wheat straw hay), two moistures (dry or wet bed...

Results of previous research have demonstrated that shrimp production is similar at protein levels ranging from 20 to 40%, when shrimp are stocked at densities ranging from 5 to 11/m2 (TeichertCoddington and Rodriguez, 1995a). These results indicated that shrimp stocked at semi-intensive levels did not require diets containing high levels of protein. However, some think that food conversion can...