ACTIVATED FORMS OF CHAFFY GRAIN CROPS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Abstract

Data are given about the feasibility of replacing whole grain with its activated forms in the diets for different species of farm animals. It has been found that the replacement of broken wheat grain with the same amount of activated feed from waste grain in the diet for suckling calves does not reduce the production performance of animals. As compared with the control, the increase in the average live weight of calves in the experimental group after 35-day rearing period was higher by 6.7 kg, the average daily liveweight gain by 21.3%, the overall gain by 57 kg under the same feed consumption and 100% safety of the stock. The level of profitability in rearing calves on a diet with activated feed from waste grain increased by 37%. The replacement of whole barley with its activated form resulted in the increase in the average live weight of piglets at weaning by 6.5 kg, average daily liveweight gain by 206.6 g, overall gain by 62 kg, and profitability level by 24.4%. In the diets for weaned rabbits, whole grain of chaffy crops (barley + oats) is advisable to replace with their activated forms. This provides the increase in the average live weight by 20.5%, average daily liveweight gain by 30.5%, reduction in the feed inputs per 1 kg liveweight gain by 2.2 kg, and increase in profitability by 34.1%.