Animal feed

Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

Industry: Agriculture

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Dryers

Agriculture; Animal feed

Dryers/Coolers reduce the temperature of feed pellets to ambient(or less) and/or reduce the moisture content to 10-12%(or less). Two basic types exist, horizontal and vertical.

Evaporate

Agriculture; Animal feed

Changing water from a liquid to a vapour form.

Excess air

Agriculture; Animal feed

Refers to the quantity of air supplied that exceeds the minimum necessary to support the combustion chemistry.

Expander

Agriculture; Animal feed

Equipment to process feed ingredients prior to pelleting where moisture, pressure, and temperature are used to gelatinize the starch portion. The net result is increased nutritional and sensoric ...

Extruded

Agriculture; Animal feed

A process by which feed has been pressed, pushed or protruded through orifices under pressure.

Extruders

Agriculture; Animal feed

Essentially a long barrel with a screw auger inside which is designed to subject feed mixtures to high heat and steam pressure. Allows feed to be made with many different characteristics.