Probiotics from earthworms

Scientists at the Institute of Tropical Biology have created three probiotics from earthworms to make food for livestock, poultry and fertilizer for plants. With simple technology, poor farmers in remote areas can easily apply.

In agriculture, wormwood is considered a high-quality protein food for pets. The fish, baba, shrimp, frog, eel, sea crab . all love eating worms. For cattle, poultry, worms are nutritious foods. However, fresh cinnamon worms can only leave for no more than a day at room temperature, so it is difficult to store.

Raising earthworms on a farm.Photo: TTP

From that fact, Dr. Vo Thi Hanh and her colleagues from the Department of Microbiology of Tropical Biology have created 3 biological products from earthworms to make food for cattle and poultry, as fertilizer for plants. . These preparations can be stored, stored for a long time, from 6-10 months.

One outstanding advantage of these compositions is that it retains fresh worms, nutrients are not lost or degraded over time. The first product is BIO-T, used as food for tiger shrimp, pangasius, phoenix chicken and Siamese duck. It is worth mentioning that if using fresh cinnamon worm, it needs 10 times more than the new BIO-T with similar effect. BIO-T is produced by using freshly mixed wormwood with a mixture of useful bacteria and digestive enzymes used in breeding, fermentation to create a wormy, nutrient-rich product (high protein and amino protein) , digestive enzymes, useful bacteria and antibiotics .

The second product is BIO-BL, used to fertilize Oolong tea and some crops, plants . The results after using show that fresh tea buds, better colors, scent The tea is also more fragrant. BIO-BL is made from fresh earthworms mixed with a mixture of useful microorganisms and enzymes used in cultivation, fermentation to create products with a worm, high protein and amine protein, highly active digestive enzymes , useful bacteria .

BIO-PT preparation is made by using fermented compost, fermented products with aroma, 40% moisture, 2% total protein, organic substances, antibiotics and useful bacteria mixture. BIO-PT is used to color and treat shrimp pond water used in aquaculture.

The authors said that the advantage of the method of processing wormwood by microbiological technology is that it does not need to use frozen equipment or drying equipment so it does not cost electricity, energy, and brings high economic efficiency. With simple technology, poor farmers in remote areas can easily apply. The addition of new low-cost biological products contributes to better development of the livestock, aquaculture and crop industries.