Tapioca thippi

During manufacture of  sago, first  the tapioca roots/tubers are deskinned and soaked in water. The tubers are then fed into the crusher adding equal amount of water for extraction of milk. The milk thus obtained is allowed to pass through a sieve to remove the fibrous material. This fibrous material in pulp form when dried is known as Tapioca thippi.

Nutritive value

It is low in protein and fat, but fibre content is 8-9%. The ME content is 2450 kcal/kg.

Inclusion

Cassava flour and thippi mixed in equal proportions (1:1). Then, this mixture is steam treated for 30 minutes and dried in sunlight. After grinding and mixing with groundnut meal and vitamin mineral premix, it can be used in concentrate mixture of cattle ration up to 25% in calves and 30% in adult cows.

Cassava waste (thippi and peel) is used relatively in less quantity as most of the cattle feed preparations in India contain 5-10% of cassava waste. Sand and silica content to the tune of

6% is the most limiting factor in the usage of cassava waste as cattle feed. Cassava thippi and peel flour find a good market in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu where small dairy farm units are using this flour in the compound feed preparations (Srinivas and Anantharaman, 2005).