P0 4423/6423 FEED MANUFACTURING


COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Description:
Two hours lecture. Two hours laboratory. Mill design and equipment; procurement, storage and quality control for ingredients and complete feeds; formulation of practical type poultry rations.

Lecture Topics & Quizzes

Laboratories

  • Introduction
  • Construction & Design
  • Material Handling & Storage
  • Feed Types
  • Mill Design
  • Review
  • Quiz
  • Grinding & Rolling
  • Mixing
  • Conditioning, Processing
    & Cooling
  • Visit USDA & Farm Feed Mills
  • Feed Mixing
  • Micro Systems
  • FDA Medicated Feed Approvals
  • Review
  • Quiz
  • FDA Medicated Feed Approvals
  • Computer Programs
  • Inventory, Shrink &
    Moisture Control
  • QA Methods & Sampling Statistics
  • Steam Quality
  • Specialty Feeds
  • Quiz
  • HACCP in the Feed Mill
  • Nutrient Mgmt & Pest Control
  • OSHA & EPA Regulations
  • Boiler Maintenance
  • Industry Speaker
  • Industry Speaker
  • Quiz
  • Class Presentations
  • Review
  • Final Exam

  • Feed Mill Tour
  • Particle Size Evaluation,
    Fines vs. Pellets
  • Feed Sampling
  • Feed Manufacture - Lab Demo
  • Mixing Study
  • Feed Manufacture - Farm Mill
  • Feed Microscopy Demo
  • Chemical Assays
  • Boiler Tests
  • Mill Design


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