UTILIZATION OF PADDY STRAW AS ANIMAL FEED
Anil Kumar*, Vijay K Singh, Narender and Rajender Kumar
Deptt. of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering,
COAE&T, CCSHAU, Hisar-125004
*Corresponding author: anil_saroha@rediffmail.com
(Received : 15 September 2014; Accepted : 21 December 2014)
SUMMARY
This review paper describes the improvement of the degradability and voluntary intake of rice
straw. After the review it was found that the pretreatment of paddy straw should either be avoided or made simple and cheap so that the process of treatment is economically viable. There is a need for improvement of already existing strains of lignin degrading micro-organisms. The large scale treatment methods of feed production from paddy straw should be standardized and the end-product should be evaluated, so that no toxic end-products are present.
Key words:Paddy straw, treatment, value addition