METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN-VITAMIN FORAGE ADDITIVE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A23K10/30 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method comprises washing chickpea seeds with tap water for 4-8 minutes. Thereinafter the washed chickpea seeds are soaked in anolyte with the pH of 3.0-10.5 and the redox potential of 860-1,580 mV, the oxygen concentration of 7.2 to 17.0 mg/l and the chlorine concentration of 0.006 to 0.01 mg/l for 3.5-4.5 hours, at the ratio of the seeds to the anolyte 1:2. Thereinafter, the anolyte is removed, and the re-washing of seeds with tap water is carried out for 3-8 minutes. Germinating the seeds and seedling forcing are 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 7-9 days under natural light.

EFFECT: implementation of the method allows to obtain a vitamin forage additive from chickpea seeds, while accelerating the technological germination process and reducing its duration, and to obtain a vitamin forage additive for livestock and poultry with recommended biochemical and microbiological quality indices at low material and labour costs.

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