Experience of using biofermented waste from raw purification of sunflower seeds for the prevention of balantidiasis in pigs

УДК 631.95
DOI 10.33861/2071-8020-2025-3-22-25

Original Empirical Research

Mironova O.A., Mironova A.A., Vasilenko V.N., Mironova L.P.

Abstract. Large impurities of raw material purification of sunflower seeds, obtained in air-sieve separators, are called ‘unusable’ or ‘dead’ waste, the use of which in feed for pigs contributes to the disease of their balantidiasis, which is proven by a comprehensive diagnostic study. Research into finding ways to process waste from the raw cleaning of sunflower seeds with the possibility of using the resulting new product as a component of animal feed is relevant. We used for the first time a method of 24-hour biofermentation of waste from the raw cleaning of sunflower seeds, establishing, the mass fraction of crude protein increased by 10.3%, mass fraction of soluble carbohydrates - by 29.4%, starch - by 29.4%; metabolic energy - by 21.0%. When feeding pigs with a fermented product for a month, no cases of balantidiasis were observed in comparison with the group of pigs that received native waste from raw sunflower purification, where 45.0% of animals developed balantidiasis with a fatal outcome.

Keywords: biofermentation, raw material cleaning waste of sunflower seeds; quality indicators balantidiasis, pigs, diagnostics, pathological diagnoses.

Author affiliation:

Mironova Olga A., Ph. D. in Biology, Head of the basic department of biology and ecosystem security of the Institute of ecology of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba; 6, Miklukho-Maklaya st., Moscow, 117198.

Vasilenko Vyacheslav N., D.Sc. in Agriculture, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; senior scientific researcher of the Federal Rostov Agricultural Research Center; 0, Rostov hghw., Novocherkassk, Rostov region, 346421.

Mironova Lyudmila P., D. Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, professor of the department of therapy and propaedeutics of the Don State Agrarian University; 24, Krivoshlykova st., Persianovsky sttl., Oktyabrsky district, Rostov region, 346493; e-mail: mironova_lp@mail.ru.

Responsible for correspondence with the editorial board: Mironova Anna A., D.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, senior scientific researcher of the Federal Rostov Agricultural Research Center; 0, Rostov hghw., Novocherkassk, Rostov region, 346421; phone: 8-903-4718275; e-mail: aa_mironova@mail.ru.

Authors’ Contribution: the manuscript was written with the input of all authors. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

Conflict of Interest Statement: the authors declare no conflict of interest.