Animal Feed
 After processing, dried chips are
converted into flours or pellets to thus facilitate their management and use as
substitutes for sorghum and other grains in the preparation of concentrates for poultry,
pigs, cattle, or shrimps.
Accordingly, the sale price of dried chips varies
with the market price of grains, normally keeping within 80% to 85% of sorghum prices.
A major criterion for evaluating cassava flour
for animal feed is its content of useful energy (digestible or metabolizable). The
following table shows the contents of digestible energy, moisture, and fiber in different
cassava products.
Contents of digestible energy, moisture content (MC), and fiber
(F)
in different cassava products
|
| Products |
Energy
(Mcal/kg) |
MC (%) |
F (%) |
| Starch |
4.0 |
10 |
- |
| Root flour |
3.4 |
10 |
2.8 |
| Flour from bagasse |
2.9 |
10 |
11.8 |
| Peel flour |
2.2 |
10 |
13.0 |
| Leaf flour |
1.5 |
10 |
19.0 |
| Root silage |
1.3 |
55 |
1.2 |
| Fresh roots |
1.2 |
65 |
1.1 |
| Wet bagasse |
1.0 |
70 |
3.5 |
| Fresh peel |
0.8 |
72 |
2.8 |
| Fresh leaves |
0.6 |
74 |
5.9 |
|