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September 19, 2009 at 10:35 am · Filed under Husbandry, Mechanization, Vegetative Production ·Tagged cake like, cattle, fish meals, fish oil, fish products, fish waste, fish., fishes, fishmeal, fishmeal plants, food source, ishmeal, oil contents, oil fish, paints, pigs, poultry, protein requirements, raw material, sea perch, soaps, useful products
Fishmeal is an important commercial product that is obtained by processing the bones and whole fish. The processing stage removes all oil contents and leaves out brownish powder or cake like substance termed as fishmeal. All these operations are carried out in plant called as fishmeal plants. This product is ultra rich in protein and is widely used as protein providers for poultry and aquaculture. Some of the leading countries producing fishmeal include Peru, China, Thailand, Japan and USA. The total productions of fishmeal all over the world are more than 6.5 millions.
Why fishmeal plants ?
More than half of the catches that are made in sea consist of fish waste and other less valuable sources of the fish hence it will be a wonderful option to establish a fishmeal plant that will covert those waste fish catches into useful fish products, which is of great significance. These fishes are important types of raw material that is used to produce fishmeal of various grades and quality.
Fishmeal is also widely used as a food source for variety of purposes such as poultry, pigs, cattle and sheep. They can be of great importance in enhancing the quality of poultry and others by fattening them. fishmeal also fulfills all the protein requirements
Fishmeal plant by-product
One of the important by-products that are obtained during the process of fish to produce fishmeal is fish oil. Fish oil is used for variety of purposes in farming, tanning industries, soaps, candles and many other purposes associated with home such as paints.
Fish meals have also been found to be an excellent source for the development of fish productions. These are especially more effective for fishes that grows in sea such salmon, sea perch farming and trout.
Thus there are varieties of useful products that can be obtained in fishmeal plants.
Fishmeal plants are very much important in production of protein rich powder that can be used for variety of purposes such in animal farming such as poultry, sheep, cattle and many others. There are many advantages in setting up fishmeal plant due to the great feasibility in producing variety of useful products
You will be able to know what exactly is fishmeal plant is and also the benefits associated with them. If you want to have more information, you can feel free to visit http://www.agricultureguide.org/.
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August 4, 2009 at 8:07 pm · Filed under Animals, Articles, Husbandry, News ·Tagged animal husbandry, cattle, cold water, dairy farming, dairy farms, fodder, leaks, low quality, milk flow, palm machine, quality milk, superiority, teat, teats, three ways, time periods, two fingers, udder, udders, vacuum
The purpose of dairy farming is the same as all other animal husbandry branches, profit. Milk is the most important product of dairy farming. Amount of profit made from this depends on efficient production and quality of the milk produced. For this reason; raising and care of cattle and proper barn conditions play a big role.To reach the desired levels of production, some guidelines on milking must be followed. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 18, 2009 at 10:52 am · Filed under Husbandry, News ·Tagged ammonia, artificial enzymes, cell walls, cellulose, cheap material, clover, collapse, energy value, fodder, food quality, microorganisms, nitrogen, no doubt, nutrient profile, nutrient value, protein value, roughage, sodium hydroxide, surface area, traw
Straw, as the reader is no doubt aware, is an organic by-product that contains a great amount of cellulose and has a low nutrient value. But it is hard to say that it is an important fodder because it has nearly no nutrient content. Main use of straw in livestock raising is it’s value as roughage, especially for cattle. But also, it is a very cheap material and for years there have been research to improve it’s nutrient profile. This research proved some results by which the straw might become a useful fodder.
Physical Method : Even though many books have different opinions, straw should be cut in 5cm parts before being given to the animal.
Chemical Method: Adding sodium hydroxide or ammonia to straw will make cell walls collapse and increase the surface area to ease digestion. Adding nitrogen will increase the raw protein value. Generally, adding sodium hydroxide will increase the energy value of straw while adding ammonia will increase the proteins. Good use of this method will transform straw to a fodder of equal quality to dried clover.
Biologic Method : A very expensive method that will be used in the future when the general awareness for nature and sensitivity to health will be much better than today; it involves adding artificial enzymes and some microorganisms to straw in order to improve food quality.
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July 16, 2009 at 3:40 pm · Filed under Animals, Husbandry ·Tagged birth canal, clover, cold water, colostrum milk, contractions, dry grass, ewe, five months, gestation period, human assistance, lambs, legs, newborn lamb, nurse, pens, pregnancy, sacs, sheep, soups, wet places
Generally, gestation period of sheep is between 148 and 152 days, it is generally accepted as lasting five months. During this period, and especially during the 4th and 5th months of the pregnancy, sheep should be fed with quality dry grass, clover and straw. Transporting the sheep, keeping them in wet places, feeding them with moldy and spoiled food or not feeding them enough, letting them drink too much cold water, hitting them and some diseases might cause miscarriage. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 15, 2009 at 6:42 am · Filed under Husbandry ·Tagged artificial insemination, autumn, climate, food conditions, half years, hile, impregnation, lambs, national geographic, native breeds, pregnancy, rams, seventeen days, sheep breeds, six weeks, twins, upkeep
While some of the sheep breeds are ready for mating throughout the year, in our country, the breeding season occurs twice in a year, in Spring and more effectively in Autumn. Actually, considering the climate, upkeep and food conditions, the breeding is usually done in Autumn so the lambing can take place in Spring. While there might be differences in some regions, this usually takes place in September and November. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19, 2009 at 7:05 am · Filed under Animals, Articles, Husbandry ·Tagged agricultural fields, animal feeding, animal food, animal husbandry, animal products, cattle, dry grain, fodder, food consumption, gastrointestinal, goat, modern animal, natural meadows, nutrients, productivity, rations, researches, sheep, three times, weeds
Fodder plants are plants which are grown in order to provide the nutritional needs of animals. They are given to animals in the form of wet, dry, grain or tuber, or silaged. These plants can be grown in agricultural fields as well as they can grow themselves in natural meadows and pastures.
The easiest and cheapest way to meet the nutritional requirements of animals is to feed them with roughage, i.e. weeds obtained from fodder plants. Weeds obtained from fodder plants contain nutrients, mineral and vitamins an animal needs for its gastrointestinal microphlora. Most expenses are related to animal feeds. Therefore, in order for animal husbandry enterprises to make profit, they should themselves produce the feeds to be given to their animals. Today, even the most modern animal husbandry enterprises try to produce their own feeds. Read the rest of this entry »
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