Energy audit in feed production plant

Exposure to aflatoxin B1 in animal-feed production plant workers.

The exposure to aflatoxin B1 (AFB) in animal-feed processing plants was assessed using binding of AFB to serum albumin. The albumin fraction was digested with pronase, and the digest was purified on a C18 Sepak column and an aflatest affinity column before quantification by ELISA. The level of detectability was 5 pg/mg albumin. The workers served as their own controls, as blood samples were tak...

An Approach for Energy Saving in the Compound Feed Production

A Production Responsiveness Audit

In the late 1990s responsiveness has become a key differentiator for manufacturing companies aiming to better support their customers with more timely deliveries and more appropriately customised products. In addition, significant internal improvements in cost and stock reductions can be achieved through a more responsive operation. This paper firstly reports on a responsiveness auditing tool t...

Biological detoxification of fungal toxins and its use in plant breeding, feed and food production.

Enzymatic inactivation of fungal toxins is an attractive strategy for the decontamination of agricultural commodities and for the protection of crops from phytotoxic effects of fungal metabolites. This review summarizes research on the biological detoxification of fungal toxins by microorganisms and plants and its practical applications. Some mycotoxins are detoxified during ensiling and other ...

Feed Restriction in Broiler Chickens Production

The feed restriction program is on of the main techniques in growth curve manipulation for increasing production efficiency in broiler chicken. Quantities and qualitative feed restriction are procedures that can be used to manipulate the feeding strategies of poultry in order to decrease growth and metabolic rate to some extent and so alleviate the incidence of some metabolic diseases such as a...