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 |
The present paper explores the feasibility of transforming a composite of pineapple waste compressed with paddy straw into an animal feed block. Four ratios of pineapple waste and paddy straw were attempted, viz., FB1 (0:100), FB2 (10:90), FB3 (20:80) and FB4 (30:70) with molasses (10%) as a binding agent, compressed at different compression pressures (13.78, 20.68 and 27.58 MPa) to square feed blocks (8 x 8 cm). Different feed blocks were evaluated for their physical properties, viz., bulk density, resiliency, hardness and compression ratio, and their values ranged from 482.13 to 647.87 kg/m3, 23.79 to 29%, 66.28 to 106.34 N and 8.56 to 11.17 respectively. A compression pressure of 27.58 MPa in FB4 was found to be appropriate combination for a stable, denser and resilient feed block. Development of feed blocks from pineapple waste can serve as promising eco-friendly opportunity for comprehensive utilization of food processing waste for high resource utilization and environmental mitigation.
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