METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL FORAGE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A23K10/30 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method includes soaking the vetchling seeds in electro-activated water, germinating and seedlings forcing. The seeds are represented by vetchling. Washing the vetchling 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 functional forage by accelerating the production process of grain germination and to reduce its duration, and to obtain forage for livestock and poultry with recommended biochemical and microbiological quality indices at low material and labour costs.

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