Straws are low quality roughages and there have been many attempts to improve their nutritive value through physical or chemical treatments. Physical processes Supplying pregnant sows with straw was found to be effective in preventing bar and chain manipulations and in reducing stereotypic behaviour ( Stewart et al., 2011; Veum et al., 2009; Whittaker et al., 1998; Spoolder et al., 1995). Additionally, adding an oatstraw infusion to bathwater will benefit the skin and nails. Skin Health

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Oat crown rust". Cereal Disease Laboratory. United States Department of Agriculture| Agricultural Research Service. 18 April 2008 . Retrieved 15 November 2015. Straw is sometimes used as a synonym for stover, which is the stalks and leaves of larger cereal plants such as maize (maize stover), sorghum (sorghum stover) and pearl millet. Sunflower stalks are also called straw or stover. Unlike small cereal straws, stover may be relatively fresh. Maize, sorghum and millet stovers are major forages in developing countries. Maize stover is also widely used in commercial agriculture.

It has been purported to help with the lowering of cholesterol naturally, increasing of vigor and stamina (it has been suggested to people recovering from long-term illnesses as an aid to help rebuild their strength). Straws can be treated by grinding, soaking, boiling and fermenting. Grinding (also called chaffing or chopping) is the preferred method as other methods generally give poor results. In India, chopping straws and stovers reduced fodder wastage by 30% as animals could not select between leafy parts and dry stems ( Chander, 2010a). Chemical processesNational Center for Complementary Medicine and Integrative Health. High cholesterol and natural products: What the science says. There are no known drug or nutrient interaction associated with the use of oat straw but for those that are allergic to oat flour, it could be a good idea to stay clear of any products containing oat straw.

This process takes the oat groats through several roll stands to flatten and separate the bran from the flour (endosperm). The two separate products (flour and bran) get sifted through a gyrating sifter screen to further separate them. The final products are oat bran and debranned oat flour. Zhou, X.; Jellen, E.N.; Murphy, J.P. (1999). "Progenitor germplasm of domesticated hexaploid oat". Crop Science. 39 (4): 1208–1214. doi: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183x003900040042x. PMID 21632337. S2CID 8521495. Maughan, Peter J.; Lee, Rebekah; Walstead, Rachel; etal. (22 November 2019). "Genomic insights from the first chromosome-scale assemblies of oat ( Avena spp.) diploid species". BMC Biology. 17 (1): 92. doi: 10.1186/s12915-019-0712-y. PMC 6874827. PMID 31757219. S2CID 208225185. Abd-Ellah, A. M., 1995. Preliminary study of using treated wheat straw in rabbit diets. Assiut Vet. Med. J., 34: 57-71

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Plant Description: The oat straw plant is an annual grass. It stands erect with a flat, rough, but elongated leaf. It has a golden seed shaped much like a spindle.