What is meat and bone meal?

Meat-and-bone meal is a brownish powder made from dried and crushed bones and soft tissues of animals. It contains high quality protein, essential fatty acids, phosphorus and calcium. In general, flour is used for the production of feed for farm animals and birds, fish farms and pets. The constant consumers of this product are farms, as well as firms that produce pet food and produce fertilizers. Fortunately, in our country meat-and-bone flour is not a problem to buy, and the price for it is quite democratic.

Production

The main suppliers of raw materials for the production of meat-and-bone meal are meat-packing plants that sell waste left after cutting carcasses. Occasionally, veterinary confiscates and dead cattle are involved. In any case, before processing, all raw materials must be fresh and must undergo veterinary control. Myosokostnuyu flour obtained with the help of high-tech industrial processing. First, the raw material enters the chopper, where the bones and cartilages become irritated. After that, it is subjected to a temperature treatment in a dryer. Next - again grinding to the state of stuffing. In this form, the future meat-and-bone meal is degreased and dehydrated in a centrifuge. After the secondary drying the resulting powder is again ground, sterilized and fasuyut.

The nutritional value

Meat-and-bone meal is a valuable source of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals that are perfectly digested by animals, and also allows improving the amino acid profile of the feed. Its main mineral components are approximately the following: calcium (12%), phosphorus (5.9%), sodium (0.9%), potassium (0.4%), chlorine (0.8%), magnesium (0, 85% %).

It also contains many amino acids:

• lysine,
• Methionine,
• cysteine,
• Threonine,
• Tryptophan,
• Arginine,
• glycine,
• Serine,
• Histidine,
• Leucine,
• Isoleucine,
• Phenylalanine,
• Tyrosine,
• Valine.

The nutritional value of the product is 1,770 - 2,420 kcal / kg. With these indicators, the use of meat and bone meal in livestock helps to fully fill the lack of protein in the diet of farmed poultry, fish and livestock.

Not only food

Meat-and-bone meal is also an effective fertilizer. It gradually (6-8 months) improves the quality of the soil, because it contains organic nitrogen and phosphorus, which are converted into a form that is accessible to plants over time. This makes flour a safe fertilizer - with reasonable use of its "overdose" is impossible. A high calcium content prevents acidification of the soil and reduces costs associated with liming.