Addition of different amounts of thermal energy in the conditioner on starch cooking, digestibility and palatability of extruded diets for dogs

• Grant number: 14/13252-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2014
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Principal Investigator: Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi
• Grantee: Peterson Dante Gavasso Pacheco
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/26255-8 - Impacting of thermal energy on the extrusion of dog food, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The aim of this study will be evaluate the effects of the addition of six amounts of thermal energy in extruded diets for dogs on starch cooking, digestibility, fermentation products in the colon, palatability and macrostructure of kibbles. After mixing and grinding of the ingredients, diets will be produced adding six amounts of steam in the conditioner. Water input during extrusion will compensate the greater or lesser injection of steam, however the total moisture of the process will be kept the same for all treatments (28% of in-barrel moisture). The extruder parameters feed rate, screw speed, matrix open area and the knife speed will not change. The study will follow a randomized block design with three blocks of 12 experimental units, six treatments and two animals per diet in each block. The experiment will last 18 days: diet adaptation from day 1 to day 10 and digestibility trial from day 11 to 18. Dogs will be housed in individually metabolic cages. The palatability will be compared by two-pan method in which at least 40 individually housed dogs will be tested on two consecutive days. Process evaluation and macrostructure of kibbles include the determination of thermal energy application (kJ/kg), specific mechanical energy (kW-t/ton), starch gelatinization degree, specific density, radial expansion, specific length and cutting force (kgf). Data will be submitted to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and means compared by polynomial contrasts (P <0.05). (AU)

Scientific publications

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PACHECO, PETERSON D. G.; PUTAROV, THAILA C.; BAILER, MAYARA A.; PERES, FRANCINE M.; LOUREIRO, BRUNA A.; CARCIOFI, AULUS C.. Thermal energy application on extrusion and nutritional characteristics of dog foods. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 243, p. 52-63, SEP 2018. (14/13252-0)

Academic Publications

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PACHECO, Peterson Dante Gavasso. Thermal energy application to the conditioner on the extrusion of dog foods. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.