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The extrusion process improves the availability of nutrients in a ration. When feeding a product that has been extruded the horse can utilize a higher percentage of the the nutrients in the ration than if the ration is unprocessed or pelleted.
Extrusion is the process of heating a feed to a very high temperature and then exposing it to extreme pressure. This process disrupts the starch and fiber molecules in the ingredients which reduces the particle size and shape and increases the surface area. Since both enzymatic and microbial digestion depend on the amount of exposed surface area this allows more rapid and complete digestion of the ration. The transit time for feedstuffs to move through the digestive tract is limited therefore; more of it can be digested and absorbed in the time allowed.
The extrusion process can increase the digestibility of a ration to over 90%. The digestibility of products made by other processes depends on the type of grain and fiber sources and can range from less than 50% to more than 70%. Some programs with unprocessed grains and high fiber will be the least digestible at 50% or less. As more processing is used on the grain in a coarse feed, the digestibility may increase to 55 - 60% depending on the fiber sources. If a product is pelleted the digestibility may reach 70 - 75%; again depending on the fiber and grain sources.
Another aspect of extruded feed is the avaialability of nutrients other than energy. If the minerals and micronutrients are made available more quickly after the horse eats a meal, the more easily and quickly they are absorbed. This allows the horse to use a higher percent of all nutrients a product contains. This is why you can take a pelleted product and extrude it and the performance of a horse increases.
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North Dakota native.
Born and raised in farming/livestock environment.
1966 - BS degree in Animal Science; North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
1970 - PhD degree in Animal Nutrition and Physiology; South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
1970 - 1973 - Extension Animal Scientist in Dairy, Swine, Horses and Range for the state of Wyoming.
1974 - 1977 - Ralston Purina - Served as Feedlot Consultant in KS, MO, OK and TX.
1977 - 1983 - Purina Mills - District Manager for most of North Dakota and part of South Dakota.
1983 - 1989 - Purina Mills - Feedlot Consultant for KS, MO, OK and part of CO.
1990 - Present - Own and operate Anderson Consulting & Training Service, Inc. and BioRemedies, LLC.
Consult with beef growing feed yards, beef finishing feed yards, dairies, range operations and some specialty operations from Idaho and Montana to South Texas and Florida.
Biotechniques Laboratories - Part time National Marketing Manager for two years. Managed sales staff and made technical sales calls with sales persons. Technical sales in France, Sweden and Mexico.
Ralston Purina International - For a two year period traveled over seas every other month to conduct training seminars for sales persons, sales meetings for customers and prospects and make sales calls on large customers in Mexico, Canada, Korea, Thailand, Venezuela, Brazil and Turkey.
Altech, Inc. - Part-time technical sales assistant for field staff in U.S., India, Korea and Japan.
BES Corp. - Assisted with marketing proposal presentations to major marketing companies in the U.S., Italy, Spain and Denmark.
Direct-Fed Biosystems - Provided technical support for this Australian marketing company by bringing to them new technical ideas to manufacture and sell from 1997 - 1999. Also provided technical sales assistance and training in Australia and New Zealand.
Burrmiester, Inc. - Provide technical advice and assist with marketing RadeX.
Nutra Lix, Inc, Billings, MT - Provide ration formulation and consulting for feedlot and dairy customers in Montana and Idaho.
Five Star Supplement, San Marcos, TX - Formulate liquid supplements and consult with customers as needed.
Market products for Acadian Agritech, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Market products for Lawley’s, Inc. to the dairy and baby dairy calf industry.
Developed formulations for the show steer and show market show hog industry.
Formulate and market horse feed products.
Currently formulate Equine products, conduct Equine nutrition seminars focusing on long term health ahead of maximum performance. Have formulated several types of Equine nutritional feeding packages for various companies. Seminars are designed to teach the horse owner basic nutritional requirements of the animal and how to be a knowledgeable buyer by being able to read and interpret feed tags.
