Are we optimizing the pellet or the bird?

Higher conditioning temperatures can improve pellet quality and feed hygiene, but the nutritional cost is seldom measured under commercial conditions.

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Recently, a feed mill manager showed me some excellent broiler pellets. They were hard, uniform, and almost free of fines — exactly what most poultry companies would like to see leaving the mill. Conditioning temperature had been increased to achieve this result. But, when we discussed enzyme recovery and vitamin stability, nobody had recent numbers.

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