Advantages and disadvantages of pelleting
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PELLETING
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Advantages of pelleting
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Reduces wastage.
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Improves palatability.
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Increases the density of feed: – less storage space.
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Transportation:- Saves cost on transportation. Eg. Grass can be transported at 2 tons/lorry. The cost of transportation of grass is more than the cost of grass.
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By pelleting, density is reduced to six times. Hence six times more fodder can be transported and cost of transporting is also less.
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Pelleting is more useful to process the by-products.
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Digestibility is increased by pelleting:
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Gelatinization, heat, pressing increases the digestibility .
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It breaks the binding of cellulose and lignin so enzymes act on cellulose more easily and more cellulose is digested.
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Free cellulose material is more hydrolysed by cellulase than when it is found with lignin.
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More uniform feed: – Hence there is no question of segregation.
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There is no selection on the part of the animal.
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Some waste material can also be incorporated effectively.
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There will be sterilization of the feed.
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Food passage time is reduced in the animal.
Disadvantages of pelleting
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