HIGH QUALITY ANIMAL FEEDSTUFF PRODUCTION FROM ALFALFA VEGETATIVE MASS WASTE
The paper provides the development results of the method for animal feedstuff production from alfalfa cormophyte mass waste using lactobacillus cultures. The article shows the chemical composition and energy content of the resulting feedstuff. These results led to the conclusion that a combination of mechanical dewatering of alfalfa plant mass to 60% of humidity followed by the introduction of lactobacilli cultures produces good feedstuff for ruminants. The authors have found out active and directional influence of lactobacillus cultures strains on microbiological and biochemical processes in the preserved alfalfa green mass, the suppression of unwanted microflora development, creation of the conditions for long-term storage of nutrients and biologically active substances in the feedstuff. The produced product meets the 2nd class haylage requirements to energy and nutrition value and the content of fermentation.