Expansion-extrusion processing of corn, milo, and raw soybeans before and after incorporation in broiler diets

Abstract

PROCESSING of cereal grains by vari-ous methods such as steam rolling or flaking has generally been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the efficiency of feed utilization for beef cattle (Totusek and White, 1968). Limited work appears to have been conducted with poultry. Re-cently, however, there has been an in-creased interest in the effects of processing on the utilization of cereal grains an