DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ASSISTANCE TO ANIMALS
The article describes the way of working with the improved «SILOS» software package developed by us v.1.2. This program allows you to reduce the time required to perform the necessary calculations and respond quickly to changes in the quality of harvested feed. The complex can be used for educational purposes and in practical activities. It consists of modules: the first of which is necessary for calculating the moisture content of the mass of mass; the second - for deoxidation and enrichment of silage mass with nitrogenous substances; the third - to calculate the volume of harvested silage; the fourth - to calculate the permissible norm of feeding the silage and the fifth - to determine the minimum pH value for ensiling. The algorithm of the first module is based on the Pearson Square method. To determine the minimum required pH level for suppressing oleaginous and enterobacteria, the formula proposed by Weissbach and Spoenley is used. This module allows you to give an additional assessment of the feed during silage. The third module allows you to enter reference information and calculate the volume of harvested silage in trenches, mounds, barrows in the form of a truncated cone, towers. At the final stage, the program allows to determine the daily yield of silage, to plan the overall demand for this type of feed, and also to estimate the level of feeding in general. With the help of the program «SILOS» it is possible to carry out two types of calculation: according to the maximum yield of silage both without deoxidizers and with them. Thus, the software complex «SILOS» is an actual development in the field of digital technologies and automation of production processes. Its use allows zootechnicians and farmers to obtain the necessary information when preparing green forages for silage