METHOD OF IMPROVING THE ANIMAL FEED VALUE OF WINERY WASTES

摘要

Upgrading wine waste materials in the form of marc or pomace to make acceptable animal fodder or supplements for adding to animal fodder are described in which the waste material is first analysed to determine the nature and amount of deficiencies of essential elements and preferred elements of the waste material. A comparison with the optimal well balanced fodder material determines the amount of elements that must be added to the waste material to upgrade the waste material to the optimal composition for use as the fodder or sole fodder ration for animals, particularly herbivorous animals such as ruminants, cattle or the like. The advantage of the present invention is that low grade winery waste having a low economic value can be upgraded to have a higher economic value by converting the wine waste into high grade animal fodder which can be used as animal fodder in times of drought to maintain cattle healthy.