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Procede de conservation de matiere vegetale destinee a la nutrition animale, et aliment pour animaux Download PDF

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WO2000064275A1
WO2000064275A1 PCT/IB2000/000689 IB0000689W WO0064275A1 WO 2000064275 A1 WO2000064275 A1 WO 2000064275A1 IB 0000689 W IB0000689 W IB 0000689W WO 0064275 A1 WO0064275 A1 WO 0064275A1
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Douglas Lyman Reber
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23K—FODDER
    • A23K30/00—Processes specially adapted for preservation of materials in order to produce animal feeding-stuffs
    • A23K30/20—Dehydration

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  • the present invention relates to a method of preserving plant matter for use as animal feed and animal feed
  • a forge or fodder crop When a forge or fodder crop is harvested, it must be preserved so that it will be available for use in feeding the animals, as required.
  • the preservation method must limit the deterioration of the feed while maximizing retained nutritional value.
  • the ensiling method of preservation involves fermenting wet forage or fodder in an anaerobic environment.
  • the dehydrating method of preservation involves passing the forage or fodder through dryers to substantially reduce the moisture content. Ensiling provides a number of advantages over both sun curing and dehydrating.
  • Ensiled feed has an aroma and flavour that is attractive to livestock and is moist and tender, which makes it very palatable and easy to digest by livestock. It also retains a higher nutritional value. It has a longer storage life than either dehydrated or sun cured feed, if ensiled and stored properly.
  • Silage has a moisture content of between 35 and 75 percent. Whiles this moisture makes the feed very palatable and easy to digest by livestock, it also makes the feed heavy and bulky, which renders it uneconomical to transport silage over long distances.
  • a further problem in transporting silage over long distances it that when silage is removed from its anaerobic storage facility and exposed to air, it rapidly spoils. The farther the animal feed is to be consumed from the source, the more likely that dehydrating or, where possible, sun cured processes are used as the method of preservation.
  • the present invention describes an alternative method of preserving plant matter for use as animal feed and an animal feed with unique properties made in accordance with the teachings of the method.
  • a method of preserving plant matter for use as animal feed involves ensiling live plant matter for a sufficient time duration that the plant matter is preserved as silage.
  • a second step involves dehydrating the silage sufficiently that the dehydrated silage does not spoil when exposed to air.
  • silage in its dehydrated form Upon arrival at the destination the silage may be either fed dry or rehydrated prior to feeding. Where the dehydrated silage is to be shipped, it is preferred that a further step be taken of compressing and then binding the dehydrated silage to maintain it in the compressed state. This reduces the total volume of the dehydrated silage in preparation for shipping.
  • an animal feed which consists in whole or in part of dehydrated silage.
  • Dehydrated silage has unique properties. The most striking of those properties are that of aroma and flavour. Upon dehydration the silage loses its strong silage aroma and develops a new flavour. The dehydrated silage has a unique aroma. This aroma varies slightly with the amount of moisture that is removed. For example, dehydrated corn silage with a moisture content of less than 5% has an aroma similar to corn flakes cereal. Upon rehydration, the dehydrated silage acquires a stronger aroma; but that aroma and flavour remain distinctive from silage. The aroma and flavour of the dehydrated silage, in both its dry form and a rehydrated wet form, has proven to be attractive to animals. This aroma and flavour can only be produced by the method described herein.
  • FIGURE 1 is a flow diagram of the method of preserving plant matter for use as animal feed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • the primary application for the present method is when the silage is being transported. As will hereinafter be further described, the preferred method reduces the weight and volume of the silage. It also reduces the likelihood that the silage will spoil when exposed to air during transport.
  • the first of the two steps is that of ensiling live plant matter for a sufficient time duration that the plant matter is preserved as silage.
  • the second step is that of dehydrating the silage sufficiently that the dehydrated silage does not spoil when exposed to air.
  • live plant matter is harvested and chopped in preparation for ensiling, as indicated by block 10.
  • the live plant matter is then ensiled for a sufficient time duration that the plant matter is preserved as silage, as indicated by block 12.
  • Ensiling of plant matter is well known to persons skilled in the art and will not, therefore, be further described.
  • the silage is then dehydrated sufficiently that the dehydrated silage does not spoil when exposed to air, as indicated by block 14.
  • Dehydrating of plant matter is well known to persons skilled in the art and will not, therefore, be further described. In conventional dehydrating processes a moisture content of between 5% and 15% by weight is viewed as acceptable. The recommended moisture content will vary with the type of plant matter and the requirements of transportation and storage.
  • the dehydrated silage from a variety of plants can be formed into a blend. For example, this might be desirable when the dehydrated silage is intended to meet the needs of a particular end user, such as a dairy farm.
  • the dehydrated silage may be cubed, as indicated by block 16 or it may be pressed to compress it, and then maintained in a pressed state by some other form of binding, such as bagging or confinement within some other from of containment. This step reduces the total volume of the dehydrated silage in preparation for shipping.
  • the dehydrated silage is then shipped, as indicated by block 18.
  • the dehydrated silage can either be fed dry or rehydrated upon arrival at a destination after shipment, as indicated by block 20.
  • rehydrating the dehydrating silage one generally endeavours to restore the silage to a moisture content of between 35 to 60 percent by weight.
  • a skilled nutritionist can assist in determining appropriate rehydration. In the absence of such guidance, a general rule to use is that if water can be squeezed from the silage after rehydration, too much water has been added.
  • animal feed derived from dehydrated silage has unique properties.
  • animal feed derived from dehydrated silage has a unique aroma and a unique flavour. The aroma and flavour of the dehydrated silage, in both its dry form and a rehydrated wet form, has proven to be attractive to animals, as indicated by block 22.
  • a dairyman may wish to feed rehydrated dehydrated silage when is wet feed stores are depleted, instead of attempting to convert his herd to dry feed. He also could, if desired, feed dehydrated silage in dry form, as an alternative to dehydrated or sun cured feed.
  • Dehydrated silage in rehydrated wet form provides a wet feed option to farms that previously have not had the luxury of wet feed options due to their distance from suitable sources of silage.
  • the method also extends the life of dry feed. It is known that the storage life of wet feed greatly exceeds the storage life of dry feed. Forage can be preserved wet and then subsequently converted to dry feed, as needed.
  • the method addresses supply shortages of dehydrated feed. When farms run out of dry feed stocks during the off season, wet feeds stocks in the form of silage can be converted to dry feed stocks. Dehydrating facilities now operate on a seasonal basis, as they can only operate when fresh forage is harvested. This method enables those facilities to operate year round, working with silage when fresh product is not available.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de conservation de matière végétale destinée à la nutrition animale et un aliment pour animaux préparé selon ce procédé. Le procédé consiste d'abord à ensiler une matière végétale vivante, avec une durée suffisante pour que la matière végétale soit conservée sous forme d'ensilage, puis à déshydrater suffisamment l'ensilage afin qu'à ce stade de déshydratation il ne soit pas contaminé lors d'une exposition à l'air. L'aliment pour animaux obtenu en suivant les étapes de ce procédé possède des propriétés uniques et, en particulier, présente un arôme et un goût uniques.
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