METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL FORAGE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A23K10/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method involves soaking the seeds in electro-activated water, germinating and seedlings forcing. The seeds are represented by lupine seeds. Washing the lupine seeds is carried out with tap water for 4-8 minutes, thereinafter the washed seeds are soaked in anolyte with the pH of 2.4-8.0 units and the redox potential of 230-810 mV, the oxygen concentration of 6.0-14.8 mg/l, obtained by the contact activation of 6-10% ammonium sulfate solution, for 3.5-4.5 hours at the ratio of seeds to anolyte 1:2. Thereafter, the anolyte is removed, and the re-washing of seeds is carried out with tap water for 3-8 minutes. Germinating the seeds is carried out in a thin layer without the use of the substrate by the air-irrigation method at periodic tedding, with the total germination duration of 6-8 days under natural light.

EFFECT: using the invention will allow to obtain high-quality forage by accelerating the production process of seeds germination and to reduce its duration, as well as to obtain functional forage for livestock and poultry, with recommended biochemical and microbiological quality indices.

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