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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2021

Pellet quality

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The Effect Of Different Inclusion Levels Of Corn Starch And Fine Ground Corn With Different Conditioning Temperature Or Die Thickness On Pellet Quality, Marut Saensukjaroenphon, Caitlin E. Evans, Cassandra K. Jones, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk Jan 2021

The Effect Of Different Inclusion Levels Of Corn Starch And Fine Ground Corn With Different Conditioning Temperature Or Die Thickness On Pellet Quality, Marut Saensukjaroenphon, Caitlin E. Evans, Cassandra K. Jones, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk

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Feeding a greater percentage of whole pellets to poultry and swine provides a greater return on investment for producers. Pellet binders are commonly used in commercial feed mills, but the added cost has limited their use in poultry and swine feed mills. Corn starch could be a potential natural binder for feed as it is for biomass pellet operations. Therefore, the objective of these experiments was to determine the effect of different inclusion levels of corn starch and fine ground corn with different conditioning temperature or die thickness on pellet quality. In, Experiment 1, treatments were arranged in 3 × …


The Effects Of Coarse Corn Inclusion In Broiler Diets On Pellet Quality, Aundria M. Ogles, Caitlin E. Evans, Haley K. Wecker, Courtney N. Truelock, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk Jan 2021

The Effects Of Coarse Corn Inclusion In Broiler Diets On Pellet Quality, Aundria M. Ogles, Caitlin E. Evans, Haley K. Wecker, Courtney N. Truelock, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk

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Previous research has demonstrated the benefits of including large grain particle size in poultry diets on gizzard and gastrointestinal tract development. However, including these larger particles may decrease pellet integrity. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of coarse corn inclusion level on pellet quality. A corn soybean meal-based finisher broiler diet with 1.5% mixer added fat was used in this experiment. Treatments were created by replacing 600 μm corn with 1,200 μm coarse rolled corn at 0, 10, 20, or 30% of the diet. Mash treatments were pelleted using a 30-horsepower pellet mill (Model 1012-2 …


Influence Of High Crystalline Amino Acid Inclusion On Poultry Diet Formulation And Pellet Quality, Kara M. Dunmire, Courtney N. Truelock, Jason Lee, Keith Haydon, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk Jan 2021

Influence Of High Crystalline Amino Acid Inclusion On Poultry Diet Formulation And Pellet Quality, Kara M. Dunmire, Courtney N. Truelock, Jason Lee, Keith Haydon, Charles R. Stark, Chad B. Paulk

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A total of 3 broiler diets were pelleted to determine the effects of diet formulation on pellet quality. Dietary treatments consisted of corn and soybean meal (SBM)-based control, the control with crystalline Val, and the control with crystalline Val and Ile. As crystalline amino acids (AA) increased in the diets, corn concentrations increased as SBM and choice white grease (CWG) were removed to balance for nitrogen-corrected metabolizable energy (MEn). Diets contained 54.2, 56.4, and 57.5% corn; 39.1, 37.1, and 36.2% SBM; and 2.5, 2.1, and 1.9% CWG in the control, Val, and Val + Ile diets, respectively. Corn was ground …