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FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH PAPER 10





treating straw for animal feeding




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an assessment
of its technical and economic feasibility

by

m.g. jackson
professor of animal nutrition'
g.b. pant university of agriculture and technologyM
pantnagar, india



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Consultant's terms of reference…
II. Summary of conclusions and recommendations…
III.Assessment of technical feasibility…
Factors affecting the digestibility of straw…
 Initial digestibility of straw…
 Diet composition…
 Physical treatment…
 Chemical treatment--wet methods…
 Beckmann method…
 Modified Beckmann method (To rgrimsby)…
 Chemical treatment--dry methods…
 Industrial process…
 Farm-scale treatment…
 Daily treatment and direct feeding…
 Bulk treatment and stacking…
 Bulk treatment and ensiling…
 Bulk treatment with ammonia in stacks…
 Biological treatment…
IV. Assessment of economic feasibility…
V. Reports on countries visited by the consultant…
 India…
 Malaysia…
 Egypt…
 Great Britain…
 Denmark…
 Norway…
 The Netherlands…
 France…
VI.Proposal for a co-ordinated field testing and demonstration project…
VII. References…