Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Sciences, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
Eight feed ingredients (maize, rice bran, rice polish, deoiled rice bran, wheat bran, groundnut cake, deoiled groundnut cake and soybean meal) and two compounded feed (concentrate feed for cattle and poultry) were stored in cement concrete, galvanized iron, plastic, cardboard and thatched storage structures for eight months and analysed for changes in nutritional quality, microbial counts and anatoxins at bimonthly intervals. The studies indicated that plastic structures proved the best with minimum changes in chemical composition, microbial count and aflatoxins. These studies also indicated that use of these ingredients and feeds within 60 days avoids deterioration of nutritional quality.
Storage structures, feed ingredients, finished feeds, nutritional quality
