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

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method involves soaking the corn grain in electro-activated water, germinating and seedlings forcing. The grain is represented by corn, washing the corn grain is carried out in tap water for 4-8 minutes. The washed grain is 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 means of the contact activation of 6-10% ammonium sulfate solution, for 3.5-4.5 hours, at the ratio of grain to anolyte 1:2. Thereafter, the anolyte is removed and the grain is re-washed by tap water within 3-8 minutes, and germinating the grain is carried out in a thin layer without using a substrate by means of air-irrigation method at periodic tedding, at 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, as well as to obtain forage for livestock and poultry, with recommended biochemical and microbiological quality indices at low material and labour costs.

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