Contents: Preface. 1. Status of feed industry/D.D. Sharma. 2. Design and development of feed plant/D.M. Bhandarkar, P. Prakash, Ambalkar and Jai Singh. 3. Aqua feed plant-operation and maintenance/D.M. Bhandarkar, P. Prakash, Ambalkar and Jai Singh. 4. Feed industry in Southern India/K.T. Sampath, M. Chandrasekharaiah and A. Thulasi. 5. Oil cakes - quality and availability/D.M. Hegde. 6. Processing of oilseeds for cakes/S.M. Ilyas, R.K. Gupta and S.K. Tyagi. 7. Livestock situation and cereal demand/Anil Kumar, S.S. Kundu and S.B. Maity. 8. Cereal processing/K.R. Yadav. 9. Storage losses in feeds/Nand Kishore. 10. Bis specifications for feeds/B.S. Tewatia. 11. Gelatinization/A.K. Tyagi and Nitin Tyagi. 12. Feed microscopy/Ram Singh and S.S. Kundu. 13. Liquid feeds handling/Nityanand Pathak. 14. Feed plants and their management/Jai Singh. 15. Agro-industrial by products/S.K. Tomar and S.K. Sirohi. 16. Herbal feed additives/K.K. Singhal and S.S. Thakur. 17. Probiotics in small ruminants/T.K. Dutta and S.S. Kundu. 18. Protection of proteins and fats/S.K. Sirohi, T.K. Walli and S.K. Tomar. 19. UMMB supplement to straw based diet/M.R. Garg and B.M. Bhanderi. 20. Mineral mixture preparation/M. Parthasarathy. 21. Feed processing for pigs/R. Bhar and N.N. Pathak. 22. Pesticide residues in feeds/Subir K. Nag, Mukesh K. Raikwar, S.K. Mahanta and S.S. Kundu. 23. Antiquality factors in feeds/Brijesh K. Bhadoria. 24. Extrusion technology/G.V.N. Reddy and Y.R. Reddy. 25. Codex alimentarius : food safety and quality control/Arun Verma. Index.
"Livestock raising is undergoing a phenomenal change during last few years. Its economic importance has further increased and likely to zoom in coming years. The population growth, urbanization, change in dietary preferences and increased income, have driven the demand for foods of animal origin. Feed and fodder supply still remains the most critical impediment in the growth of livestock industry in the country. Overall deficiency in feed supply remains around 50%. The current production of compound feed from the feed manufacturing sector is only to the tune of 10 million tones per year against a conservative demand of 40 million tones. In present scenario it appears imperative to give a immediate fillip to the feed production. The editors in the present book have contemplated the available informations contributed by learned experts in their field. The book cover the topics like cereal availability, processing, gelatinization, extrusion technology, codex alimentarius, protection of fats and proteins, urea molasses mineral block technology, antrinutri-nutional factors, processing for pig feeding liquid feed handing storage losses, mineral mixture preparation, agro-industrial by products, feed microscopy, probiotics, herbal feed additives etc. It is expected that the book will be equally useful to research scientist in engineering, animal nutrition, students and feed manufacturing industries alike." (jacket)
