Suriyanee Takaeh, Sukanya Poolthajit, Waraporn Hahor, Nutt Nuntapong, Wanwisa Ngampongsai, Karun Thongprajukaew
Physical pretreatment procedures can significantly influence the quality of food and feed raw materials. To increase the ability to be digested in animals, cassava chips were pretreated by four alternative methods (extrusion, microwave irradiation, gamma irradiation, or NaOH hydrolysis), and then the chemical composition, physicochemical properties, and in vitro digestibility of the pretreated samples were assessed and compared with unprocessed cassava chips (control). The chemical compositions (crude protein, ether extract, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, ash, non-fiber carbohydrate, and gross energy) were significantly altered due to the pretreatment methods ( p < 0...
March 15, 2024: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI