What is pellet feed
Granular feed is a kind of compound feed production products, which is a kind of granular feed formed by extrusion of full price mixture or single feed (forage, cake, etc.). It is usually cylindrical and has various sizes depending on the type of animal being fed.
Advantages of pellet feed
1. After the feed is easy to store, pack and transport, the volume of granular feed is about 1 / 3 smaller than that of powdered feed, which is easy to store, pack and transport; during the storage process, powdered feed is easy to absorb moisture, agglomerate, mildew and deteriorate, while granular feed has good dispersion, low moisture absorption and high storage stability; automatic grading is avoided during the transportation of finished products; during the packaging process, it is reduced Loss of dust and trace components.
2. In the process of granulation, some toxic substances or inhibitory factors (such as trypsin inhibitor, hemagglutinin, etc.) in feed were destroyed by heat. At the same time, it can kill 90% Salmonella.
3. To improve the palatability and feed intake of livestock and poultry, because of the large density, volume reduction and high nutrient concentration of granular feed, the feed intake of animals also increased accordingly.
4. It is easy for animals to digest and absorb, improve the feed utilization rate, improve the physical and chemical properties of some nutrients in feed, improve the feed utilization rate, and improve the nutrient utilization rate accordingly.
5. To prevent livestock and poultry from picking up food and reduce feed waste, due to the uniform size and comprehensive nutrition of the granular feed, thus ensuring the integrity and full price of the components of the diet, avoiding livestock and poultry from selecting feed according to their palatability, and reducing the loss caused by flying dust everywhere in the air and water. And the particle feed is easy to identify, such as piglets, growing pigs, finishing pigs, the particle feed size is from small to large.
6. The processing of economic and cost-effective granular feed is an additional process on the basis of powder, and the processing cost of feed is obviously increased. However, there are different data at home and abroad on whether it is beneficial to use pellet feed and how to estimate the economic benefits of pellet feed.
7. Forming principle of granular feed the forming principle of granular feed is how it is processed and manufactured. As for the pelletizing method of pellet feed, the most commonly used methods are dry extrusion and steam conditioning.
8. The method of dry extruding to produce pellet feed is a method used by general small-scale feed factories. It is to extrude the powder reduced by a granulator into granules under the effect of pressure, without adding water or steam. It is also a kind of pellet feed, but it is only made by external pressure of the pellet machine without any chemical change.
