PRODUCTION OF COMPOUND FEEDS FOR BUDGERIGARS-PROSPECTIVE DIRECTION OF COMPOUND FEED DEVELOPMENT
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2022
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The article describes that budgerigar is one of the most popular domestic birds. Budgerigars have become so popular thatthey have "overtaken" even canaries in this regard.The budgerigars eat the same as other parrots. They like nuts, millet, oats and wheat. Undoubtedly, they need fruits andvegetables for development and growth. They like to indulge in slices of tangerine and lemon, pears and apples.It is advisable to use pelleted feed to meet all the needs of parrots in nutrients and biologically active substances. These aresmall dry pellets balanced in the amount of nutrients, with the addition of important essential amino acids and vitamins. Pelleted feedis made from a mixture of cereals, vegetables, mineral and vitamin supplements. No additional synthetic vitamins or supplements arerequired when feeding pelleted feed.Parrots are popular in the world. The budgerigars rank 4th in Ukraine in popularity among pets after cats and dogs.The pet feed market has existed for about 20 years in Ukraine, so in terms of volumes it lags far behind the world's leadingmarkets. At the same time, the Ukrainian pet feed market is characterized as fast-growing according to analysts at Euromonitor International.It is considered that Ukraine is in 8th place in the TOP-10 fast-growing pet feed markets. However, the Ukrainian marketis dominated by foreign producers feed from countries such as Hungary, Russia, the United States, France and others.The following brands are among the budgies feed in Ukraine: «Lori», «Nature», «Maxi», «Special One», etc.Proper feeding of budgies does not cause much trouble nowadays. Parrots like solid feed consisting of a mixture of cereals,and soft feed from fruits, vegetables and protein foods.Pellets are a solution for parrot owners who haven’t time to closely monitor their pet's diet. The pellets contain choppedfruits, vegetables and other useful components (depending on the brand and product). They can be given to the bird if it is not possibleto get fresh food.The pellets have advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages include the difficult transition to a such diet, as theparrot does not understand that it is food. Advantages: the composition of pellets is enriched with essential and non-essential aminoacids and vitamins. Pelleted feed is well balanced for the daily diet and haven’t husks as an additional positive effect.The cost of raw materials for the developed pelleted feed is on average 10 UAH per 1 kg. It is advisable to produce pelletedfeed for budgies, because the low cost and high quality will attract owners of budgies.