Innovative technology to obtain forage flour from keratin-containing waste by extrusion

When processing animals and birds in the form of by-products, a fairly large amount of keratin-containing waste (horns, hooves, hair, wool, fluff and feather) was formed. In secondary poultry evisceration products, almost 80% of the protein is found in feather-down raw materials, so solving the problem of converting pen keratin into a digestible form is more important from the point of view of mobilization of native protein reserves and environmental problems. To produce a high-quality feed product, which preserves the biological value of the raw materials as much as possible, it is necessary to minimize the time of heat treatment. At the same time, it is desirable to use cost-effective and environmentally friendly technologies. The latest biological waste recycling techniques that meet these requirements include extrusion technologies. The article proposes the technology of obtaining a forage protein supplement, which can completely replace fish flour in the diet without reducing the zootechnical and feasibility indicators of growing poultry, valuable species of fish and furry animals. The main advantage is that none of the existing technologies in the world without rigorous chemical treatment is not able to bring the digestion of keratin of feather raw materials to 85-90 % in 1.5 minutes of processing with maximum preservation of the most valuable amino acids. We presented the results of the production check on the effectiveness of feeding extruded feed with feed additive from keratin-containing waste for fish, providing a significant increase in body weight growth and improvement of meat.