Pakistan: Dry potato powder could be a cheap alternative to corn for animal feed

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Published Sep 21, 2021

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Scientists at the University of Agriculture of Faisalabad (UAF) in Pakistan have found that dry potato powder can be used successfully as a cheaper energy source in animal feed and can be added up to 30% to ruminant concentrates without any negative effect. potatonewstoday.com.

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The researchers conducted an experiment to study the feeding potential of potato waste in buffalo bulls. The project was funded by the Pakistan Science Foundation in Islamabad. While visiting the project on university farms, Professor Dr. Ikrar Ahmad Khan said that in Pakistan there is a significant gap between the supply and demand of feed for livestock. To cope with this shortage, it was necessary to increase the availability of feed to meet the needs of animals for housing and production. The use of non-conventional feed resources (NCFR) in the animal feeding system is one of the solutions to the problem. Foods such as citrus pulp, sugar beet pulp, poultry manure, kitchen waste and discarded potatoes can be used as NCFRs. Many of these NCFRs were rich in protein, energy, and minerals, so they can be used to bridge the gap between supply and demand. Pakistani potato production is 4.6 million tonnes. Some varieties are not suitable for marketing due to their small size. Potato ...

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