A - Human Necessities – 23 – K
Patent
A - Human Necessities
23
K
A23K 3/03 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2156846
The aim of the invention is to provide a method of ensilage of fermentable agricultural products intended principally for use as animal feeds, conservation being mainly due to lactic acid produced by lactic bacteria in the ensilage product. The requirements for adequate lactic-acid formation depend on the survival and reproduction needs of the cold milk bacteria used. These needs include adequate quantities of fermentable carbohydrates, anaerobic conditions and relatively low temperatures.The fermentable carbohydrates, atmospheric oxygen and temperature are closely dependent on each other. The process by which fermentable carbohydrates are used up by the breathing of aerobic microorganisms and by plant parts which are not yet dead causes an increase in temperature which degrades the living conditions of the cold milk bacteria and enhances those of pests, thus causing high losses. The method proposed is designed to avoid these disadvantages. To obtain good ensiled product, it is necessary for adequate quantity of lactic acid to be produced as rapidly as possible and for sufficient lactic acid to remain during the whole period of storage of the ensiled product. Thus solid carbon dioxide is added to a quantity of ensiled product which is large enough for it to be influenced only little by the ambient temperature, in combination with adequate amounts, already present or added, of lactic bacteria, plus adequate amounts, already present or added, of fermentable carbohydrates, the addition of solid carbon dioxide controlling the fermentation process in such a way that sufficient lactic acid is formed and losses of ensiled product are low. The invention is of use in the production of high-quality ensiled fodder with low losses, the method exhibiting good compatibility with the environment.
Pieper Bernd
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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