Practical short course on feed extrusion
A one-week Practical Short Course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management will be presented on Sep. 28 – Oct. 3, 2008 at Texas A&M University by staff, industry representative and consultants.
feed mills and selecting conveying, drying, grinding, conditioning and feed
mixing equipment. Current practices for preparing full-fat soy meal processing;
recycling fisheries by-products, raw animal products, and secondary resources;
raw material, extrusion of floating, sinking, and high fat feeds; spraying and
coating fats, digests and preservatives; use of encapsulated ingredients and
preparation of premixes, nutritional requirements of warn water fish and shrimp,
feed managements and least cost formulation are reviewed.
Practical
demonstrations
Practical demonstration of sinking, floating, and high fat
aquafeed, are demonstrated on four major types of extruders – (dry, interrupted
flights, single and twin screw), using various shaping dies. Other
demonstrations include: vacuum coating and lab analysis of the raw material for
extrusion. Reservations are accepted on a first-come basis. For more
information, programs and application forms, contact:
Dr. Mian N.
Riaz
2476 TAMU
Food Protein R&D Center
Texas A&M
University
College Station, TX 77843-2476
Phone: 979/845-2774; Fax:
979/845-2744
E-mail: mnriaz@tamu.edu
Website: www.tamu.edu/extrusion
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