The Effects of Moisture Content, Temperature, and Compaction Pressure on the Compressibility of Animal Feed Pellets Produced From Green Pistachio Shell Residues

Subject Areas : Pistachio

Kazem Laei ¹ , Hossein Haji Agha Alizadeh ² , Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr ³

1 - Ph.D student, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Agrotechnology, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-11-06 Accepted : 2023-02-08 Published : 2023-06-01

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