What Brand of Feed Do you prefere

Is your 'local starter' a pellet or crumble? Does soaking that increase nutrition availability?
I know it does for whole grains, but I didn't think it applied to cracked grains or crumble/pellets.


Yes it does :) Fermenting makes a difference for any type of feed.

I use a starter crumble along with whole grains.
Ohhh fermenting, (missed that part, sorry) where you are allowing ambient organisms to grow on the medium of the food stuffs by providing water.

I was thinking just soaking ,which can increase that availability of nutrients by starting the germination process of whole grains.
 
when you soak or ferment feed how long do you ferment it?
at least 24 hours. 48-72 hours is better.

Ohhh fermenting, (missed that part, sorry) where you are allowing ambient organisms to grow on the medium of the food stuffs by providing water.

I was thinking just soaking ,which can increase that availability of nutrients by starting the germination process of whole grains.
Oh nope, well soaking does allow the villi in the intestines to increase the nutrient absorption.

What are the effects of wet feed?
Increased nutritional uptake and feed conversion
Interestingly, there are fantastic benefits to just feeding a wet mash, even unfermented. One of these is greater nutritional uptake, and therefore better feed conversion. The villi in the intestines1 grow longer and have more surface area which enables them to take up more nutrients. Because fermented feed is wet, it also increases villi length. A number of studies have found that wetting the mash increases food uptake, food utilization, weight gain, and egg production.1
 
at least 24 hours. 48-72 hours is better.

Oh nope, well soaking does allow the villi in the intestines to increase the nutrient absorption.

What are the effects of wet feed?
Increased nutritional uptake and feed conversion
Interestingly, there are fantastic benefits to just feeding a wet mash, even unfermented. One of these is greater nutritional uptake, and therefore better feed conversion. The villi in the intestines1 grow longer and have more surface area which enables them to take up more nutrients. Because fermented feed is wet, it also increases villi length. A number of studies have found that wetting the mash increases food uptake, food utilization, weight gain, and egg production.1
Got a link to the studies? Would love to read them!
 
Got a link to the studies? Would love to read them!
http://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/science-of-fermented-feed/
this article above is really helpful

1) Engberg, R., Hammershoj, M., Johansen, N., Abousekken, M., Steenfeldt, S., & Jensen, B. (2009). Fermented feed for laying hens: Effects on egg production, egg quality, plumage condition and composition and activity of the intestinal microflora. British Poultry Science. doi: 10.1080/00071660902736722

2) Heres, L., Engel, B., Van Knapen, F., Wagenaar, J., & Urlings, B. (2002). Effect of fermented feed on the susceptibility for Campylobacter jejuni colonisation in broiler chickens with and without concurrent inoculation of Salmonella enteritidis. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 87, 75-86.
3) Heres, L., Wagenaar, J. A., Van Knapen, F., & Urlings, B. (2003). Passage of Salmonella through the crop and gizzard of broiler chickens fed with fermented liquid feed. Avian Pathology, 32, 173-181.
4) Niba, A., Beal, J., Kudi, A., & Brooks, P. (2009). Bacterial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract of non-ruminants: Influence of fermented feeds and fermentable carbohydrates. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 1393-1407. doi: 10.1007/s11250-009-9327-6
5) Yu, Z., Dong, B., & Lu, W. (2009). Dynamics of bacterial community in solid-state fermented feed revealed by 16S rRNA. The Society for Applied Microbiology: Letters in Applied Microbiology, 49, 166-172.
Other articles:
Chen, K., Kho, W., You, S., Yeh, R., Tang, S., & Hsieh, C. (2009). Effects of Bacillus subtilis var. natto andSaccharomyces cerevisiae mixed fermented feed on the enhanced growth performance of broilers. Poultry Science, 88, 309-315. http://ps.fass.org/content/88/2/309.full.pdf+html

Heres, L., Engle, B., Urlings, H., Wagenaar, J., & Van Knapen, F. (2004). Effect of acidified feed on the susceptibility of broiler chickens to intestinal infection by Campylobacter and Salmonella. Veterinary Medicine, 99, 259-267.
Heres, L., Urlings, H., Wagenaar, J., & de Jong, M. (2003). Transmission of Salmonella between broiler chickens fed with fermented liquid feed. Epidemiology and Infection, 132, 107-116. doi: 10.1017/S0950268803001213
 

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