Fermented bagasse feed, and its preparation and uses
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seitbutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
InventorsSatoshi Iritani, Masakazu Mitsuhashi, Hiroto Chaen, Toshio Miyake
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Abstract
A highly-digestible, preferred taste and high-quality fermented bagasse feed prepared by incorporating a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of not less than pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium containing sodium chloride of 6.5 w/w % into an alkali-treated bagasse which is prepared by softening a bagasse while preventing the substantial decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose, and succeedingly fermenting the resultant mixture, and to its preparation and uses.
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A fermented bagasse feed, which is prepared by incorporating a nutrient source and a seed culture of a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of not less than pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium containing 6.5 w/w % sodium chloride into a alkali-treated bagasse, and by fermenting the resultant mixture said alkali-treated bagasse being prepared by softening a bagasse with calcium oxide with or without sodium hydroxide while preventing the substantial decomposition of cellulose.
A process for preparing a fermented bagasse feed, which comprises:
- (a) incorporating a nutrient source and a seed culture of a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of not less that pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium containing 6.5 w/w % sodium chloride into an alkali-treated bagasse, prepared by softening a bagasse with calcium oxide with or without sodium hydroxide while preventing the substantial decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose, and
- (b) fermenting the resultant mixture and recovering the resultant fermented bagasse.
A process for feeding livestock, which comprises:
- (a) providing a fermented bagasse which is fermented by incorporating a nutrient source and a seed culture of a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of not less that pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium containing 6.5 w/w % sodium chloride into an alkali-treated bagasse, prepared by softening a bagasse with calcium oxide with or without sodium hydroxide while preventing the substantial decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose, and
- (b) feeding livestock with the resultant fermented bagasse feed.
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