Poultry Feed A
Trial Report 01Pellet trial, August 2013, BERDA 0.1% inclusion.
- Date of production
- August 2013
- Product
- Pellet
- Inclusion level
- BERDA 0.1% (1 kg/ton)
Production conditions
| Condition | CONTROL | BERDA |
|---|
| Conditioning temperature (°C) | 80 | 72 |
| Pressure | 9 | 10 |
| Speed | 10 | 9 |
| Product temperature (°C) | 31–33 | 30–32 |
| Product moisture (%) | 11.8–11.9 | 10.35–10.8 |
Key findings
- —PDI increased from 95.5-95.7% control to 96.7-97.0% with BERDA.
- —Hardness increased from 9 kg control to 11 kg with BERDA.
Poultry Feed B
Trial Report 02Pellet trial, September 27, 2023, BERDA 0.2% inclusion, production temperature over 70°C.
- Date of production
- September 27, 2023
- Product
- Pellet
- Inclusion level
- BERDA 0.2% (2 kg/ton)
- Temperature
- Over 70°C
Measured results
| Sample | Hardness (kg) | A-fine (%) | PDI (%) | A-fine + PDI (%) |
|---|
| BERDA ① | 3.77 | 0.29 | 98.0 | 2.29 |
| BERDA ② | 3.76 | 0.35 | 97.8 | 2.55 |
| BERDA average | 3.77 | 0.32 | 97.9 | 2.42 |
| CONTROL | 3.20 | 0.47 | 96.6 | 3.87 |
* A-fine: lower is better. A-fine + PDI: combined fines index, lower is better.
Key findings
- —Average hardness increased from 3.20 kg control to 3.77 kg with BERDA.
- —Average PDI increased from 96.6% control to 97.9% with BERDA.
- —A-fine decreased from 0.47% control to 0.32% with BERDA.
