COMPLEX FOR PHYTOSANITARY TREATMENT OF ANIMAL FEED USING IONIZING RADIATION
CHALLENGE
Traditionally ionizing radiation is used to treat animal feed that may be contaminated with pathogens. However, feeds and forages are not enough to meet today’s demands of the livestock industry

To bridge the gap between dwindling resources and growing demand, the individual use of local feed resources must be optimized.
All types of raw materials should be involved in this process, from food waste, grain by-products and crop residues to biofuels, cut grasses, and plants and plant products that are less well known and not traditionally used as animal feed.

Based on new approaches, farmers can partially or completely replace traditional animal feed with more innovative feeding methods using local resources, which will have a direct impact on livestock productivity while protecting the environment and conserving natural resources.
Animal feed is often contaminated with insect pests, pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Clostridia) and mycotoxins. Consuming unprocessed animal feed may expose animals to foodborne illnesses, severe infections and complications, which may subsequently affect human health through the food supply chain.

Demand for animal feed is rising globally, therefore operative preservative techniques are needed. Ionizing radiation is considered a successful technique in guaranteeing the microbial safety. Irradiation is very effective in inactivating pathogens without decreasing the product's quality.
BEAMCOMPLEX EQUIPMENT FOR ANIMAL FEED IRRADIATION
Beamcomplex manufactures complexes with electron accelerators and other special equipment for phytosanitary treatment of animal feed with ionizing radiation (E-beam and X-Ray).
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IONIZING RADIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANIMAL FEED TREATMENT

Ionizing radiation (E-beam and X-Ray) generated by electron accelerators is used for phytosanitary treatment of food products. E-beam/X-Ray penetrate the product and effectively eliminate or reduce the number of pathogens and parasites to required limits by inducing breaks in their DNA.


BENEFITS OF ANIMAL FEED IRRADIATION

  • 1
    Full elimination of insect pests and their larvae, pathogens, fungi, bacteria, viruses and moulds
  • 2
    Reduction of mycotoxins
  • 3
    Increased shelf life
  • 4
    Lifelong preservation of all nutrients and vitamins
  • 5
    Successful replacement of fumigation
  • 6
    High processing speed

  • 7
    Products are not heated during treatment
  • 8
    No residual radiation and free radicals in treated products
IMPORTANT NOTICE! It is essential to determine the appropriate dose of radiation in order to combat the specific type of pathogen identified in the laboratory and not to damage the valuable vitamins, proteins, and nutrients
Up to 0.5 kGy to combat insect pests
If there are no pathogens, but only insect pests - accelerated electrons combat the insect pests
Up to 4 kGy to combat pathogens
If there are pathogens, accelerated electrons combat pathogens + insect pests, if any
Over 4 kGy to combat mycotoxins

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ANIMAL FEED INGREDIENTS

PRODUCTION OF FEED INGREDIENTS
USING SAWDUST OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WOOD

Wood chips, sawdust are
• valuable cellulose raw material for animal feed and ingredients
• source of oligosaccharides and simple sugars (glucose, xylose, etc.)

Farm animals do not digest cellulose well due to its difficult digestibility.
After treatment of wood sawdust with accelerated electrons, the molecular bonds of rough plant raw materials are dissolved to useful micronutrients, and the cellulose is
• depolymerized to oligosaccharides and simple sugars,
• softens and
• well digested by animals


Advantages of producing ingredients using wood sawdust:

• innovative proven technology for the production of a nutritional ingredient for mixed feeds
• increased useful properties of cellulose due to depolymerization to get useful oligosaccharides and simple sugars - glucose, xylose, etc.
• easy digestion by animals
• improved results in livestock breeding

Post-weaned piglets feeding with feed containing sawdust ingredients treated with accelerated electrons
• reduced livestock mortality
• reduced stunting
• increased weight gain in comparison with control animals
• reduced feed consumption per unit of production

Scientific Reports

IAEA Publication
IAEA. Radiation processing for safe, shelf-stable and ready-to-eat food. 2003
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology
Increasing γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Mixed Germinated Brown Rice Via Electron Beam Irradiation
Jiangnan University, Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology
Influence of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Moisture and Properties of Freshly Harvested and Sun-Dried Rice