PROCEDURE AND METHOD FOR TREATING OILSEEDS BY MEANS OF MICROWAVES AND RUMEN-STABLE ANIMAL FEED FATS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for treating oilseeds as animal feed in order to better utilize valuable components. The buoyancy of the seeds is established by using the method described in said invention to treat the oilseeds by means of microwave heating and additional optional mixing with rumen-stable animal feed fat in order to coat the oilseeds during the cool-down process (Fig. 1). The treated seeds can thus be ruminated and ground together with the fiber-rich animal feed particles present in the rumen. After the grinding, the treated seeds are fed to the abomasum and small intestine, and the valuable contents can be digested there. Known technical methods give insufficient consideration to the digestive processes of ruminants. Said treatments lead to the quick release of the valuable unsaturated fatty acids in the rumen. There, the valuable unsaturated fatty acids are subjected to a substantial hydrogenation and to decomposition and conversion processes by means of metabolic processes of the rumen microbes.