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The techniques and technical problems associated with the processing of naturally and artificially dried forage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. Shepperson ,
W. T. B. Marchant ,
R. J. Wilkins  and
W. F. Raymond
G. Shepperson
Affiliation:
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, Bedford
W. T. B. Marchant
Affiliation:
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, Bedford
R. J. Wilkins
Affiliation:
Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Berks.
W. F. Raymond
Affiliation:
Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Berks.
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The principal objective to date in packaging dried forages into wafers, cobs or pellets has been to improve handling and storage. Over 80% of the dried forage produced in the UK is still used as a component in pig and poultry rations, for which a milled and pelleted product is the most suitable. However there is evidence that the different forms of package are not of the same nutritive value to ruminants. With the increasing interest in the use of dried forages for ruminant feeding it is important to examine packaging in these dual rôles, as both mechanical and nutritional treatments.

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53rd Meeting, London, 5 to 7 March 1971 Symposium: Processing of Roughages
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1 , January 1972 , pp. 40 - 51
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1972

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