FEED PREPARATION METHOD Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: feed production. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to animal feeds containing therapeutic-prophylactic additives. Feed or its components are preliminarily broken, agitated, and supplemented by probiotic based on Bacillus genus bacteria (in particular, Bacillus subtilis culture) in lyophilized state in amounts from 0.0002 to 0.002%. Mixture is heated for 5-10 sec by live steam to 65-95 C and granulated. Prior to be added, probiotic is combined with one of the feed component constituting at least 1% of the feed weight disintegrated to fineness of the same order of magnitude as the size of probiotic particles. EFFECT: improved quality of feed due to homogeneity of its qualitative characteristics and reduced losses of additive during its production and storage. 4 cl, 4 tbl, 5 ex