3.6.3 Advantages of pelleted feeds
1. Compound cattle feeds (Fig. above) are composed of a variety of ingredients. Pelleting helps in disallowing the ingredients to segregate. It does not allow the animals to sort out certain ingredients and reject others.
2. It reduces wastage of feeds.
3. Pellets are less subject to infestations by insects and moulds.
4. Pelleting preserves vitamin A potency and ensures less storage losses and prevents disintegration of nutrients after the feed is mixed.
5. It reduces the possibility of adulteration of feeds with undesirable substances.
6. It is easy to handle.
7. Pelleting kills bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli, if any happen to be present in the feed due to exposure to high temperature.
8. Increases palatability and digestibility.
9. Reduces to certain extent, the microbial degradation of protein.
