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Processing Techniques of Feedstuff Roughages

Bilal Chamadia, Rashika Srivastava, Rishabh Chugh Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal The basic principle is that processing alters the physicochemical properties of the cellulose/hemicellulose contained in the feedstuffs, so they become more susceptible to microbial degradation in the rumen, increasing the propionate: acetate ratio in the rumen. There are various processes available…