National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
30 feed millers from Punjab were randomly chosen and subjected to questionnaire method to seek the information regarding various socio-economic characteristics of feed miller, production practices, perceptions regarding aflatoxin contamination of their manufactured feed and methods applied to eradicate the problem. Majority (53.3%) of the respondents belonged to middle age group and (40%) of the feed millers had high school level of education. It was observed that (50%) of the feed millers had a good experience of 5-7 years in feed manufacturing. Majority of the feed millers (53.33%) produced feed for lactating animals and most of the feed mills (83.33%) were semi –automatic. It was observed that ( 40%) of the feed millers tested their feed on regular basis. Training of feed millers had significant (P ≤ 0.05) positive impact on aflatoxin test conducted. Level of education also showed a significant (P ≤0.05) relation with awareness level of aflatoxin contamination in feed. This implies that regular monitoring for detection of aflatoxin in animal feed is necessary and long term solutions to control occurrence of aflatoxin in feed.
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