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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427411 | Dried, full-fat corn germ as a ruminant feed component A non-human animal feed composition comprising from about 10% to about 20% dried, full-fat corn germ, and methods of using the same are disclosed. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7384628 | Lactic acid bacteria and its use in direct-fed microbials A composition comprising lactic acid bacteria that are selected from at least one of Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus lactis, and Lactobacillus brevis. The composition is suitable for administration to animals. Upon administration to an animal, the co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371401 | Animal feed with a soluble fiber and sugar alcohol and method of making and method of feeding An animal feed such as a milk replacer includes a soluble fiber and a sugar alcohol. The milk replacer enhances weight gain, starter intake and reduces weaning time. The method of feeding the animal includes feeding a mixture of a soluble fiber and sugar alcohol. Th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351437 | Pet food compositions comprising electrostatically charged gelatin Animal feed compositions comprising amounts of protein, carbohydrate, fat and a functional ingredient for preventing hairball formation are provided. The functional ingredient comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of electrostatically char... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348019 | Stabilized block pesticide compositions The present invention provides a solid block formulation, and methods of making and methods of use. In addition, methods of controlling insects on cattle are also provided. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348037 | Sulfur-containing animal-feed additives The invention relates to sulfur-containing animal-feed additives produced from fermentation liquors, and to processes for their production. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335669 | Use of dihydroquinoline to aid in increasing milk production and feed utilization Milk production and feed efficiency are improved by feeding the animal producing the milk a diet of feed comprising a substituted 1,2-dihydroquinoline compound. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329425 | Process for natural recycling of protein waste An apparatus and process for naturally recycling poultry carcasses for use as a nutritional supplement, the apparatus generally consists of four modules: an enzymatic digest medium mixing assembly that self adjusts for pH; a mobile grinding assembly mounted on a tru... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326424 | Animal feed composition Animal feeds, which include compositions utilizing mucosa byproducts derived from mucosal material, such as digested gut material, are provided. The feeds can include a mucosa byproduct which contains at least about 10 wt. % nucleic acid material; at least about 20 ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303775 | Carbohydrate ruminant feed energy supplement and method A carbohydrate ruminant feed energy supplement and method for alleviating a negative energy balance in ruminant animals. includes forming a ruminally protected carbohydrate, preferably non insulin stimulating, and feeding the ruminally protected carbohydrate to a ru... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297356 | Method for manufacturing animal feed, method for increasing the rumen bypass capability of an animal feedstuff and animal feed An animal feed that comprises a feedstuff and a coating, where the coating increases the amount of the feedstuff that passes through the rumen without being degraded by the rumen microflora, thereby delivering a larger portion of that feedstuff's associated preforme... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7255890 | Continuous direct enzymatic protein solubilization process for industrial wastes Continuous direct enzymatic protein solubilization process for industrial wastes. The present invention involves a sequential enzymatic process which enables solubilizing proteins that are present in determined industrial wastes, permitting the use of by-products. T... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244463 | enhanced animal food product The present invention advances prior art animal food products by providing an animal food product formulated with Garicinia mangostana L., or Mangosteen fruit, from the Mangosteen plant. The addition of Mangosteen to the animal food product of the present inv... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226778 | Apparatus for natural recycling of protein waste An apparatus and process for naturally recycling poultry carcasses for use as a nutritional supplement, the apparatus generally consists of four modules: an enzymatic digest medium mixing assembly that self adjusts for pH; a mobile grinding assembly mounted on a tru... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223436 | Animal feed, method for preparing animal feed, and method for feeding an animal Disclosed is an animal feed. The animal feed includes fat, preferably vegetable oil; a solid nutritive source; such as a whole seed or grain or a fraction thereof; and a binder, the binder comprising hemicellulose. Also disclosed are methods for preparing an animal ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7098352 | Calcium salt saponification of polyunsaturated oils Methods for the preparation of storage-stable fatty acid calcium salt products by forming a reactive admixture of (a) an unsaturated fatty acid glyceride feedstock; and (b) from about 10% to about 30% of the total admixture weight of calcium hydroxide; and heating t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091244 | Process for preparing fat or oil containing unsaturated fatty acid A process for production of unsaturated fatty acid-containing oils which is characterized by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Mortierella subgenus Mortierella in a medium containing a nitrogen source derived from soybean, and collecting... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067164 | Method for producing feed composition using oils Means are offered for making effective use of organic wastes and waste oils from the food industry, food processing industry, livestock industry and the like. Furthermore, a method for treating wastes without generating any malodorous fumes, and a feed composition w... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045165 | Process for manufacturing animal feed supplements An improved, continuous process for the production of animal feed supplements including an apparatus for carrying out such process is provided. Broadly, the process includes continuous preparation of a preblend including molasses and vegetable fat, followed by conti... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033584 | Feeding Thraustochytriales to poultry for increasing omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in eggs A process is provided for growing microflora of the order Thraustochytriales such as Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a preferred embodime... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022351 | Composition for supplementing animals with solutions of essential metal amino acid complexes A process for preparation of stable, liquid solutions of complexes of trace elements and amino acid complexes of L-lysine, glycine, leucine, and serine. The resulting complexes are used to supplement domestic animals nutritionally. Since the solutions are stable, th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014863 | Additive for an animal feed The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a protease and an inner salt of a quaternary amine carboxylic acid for the preparation of an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of coccidiosis and bacterial infections such as necrotic enterities i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008663 | Feedstuff composition for replacing antibiotics The present invention an antibiotic-free fodder composition for domestic animals. According to the present invention, by adding germanium biotite instead of antibiotic to assorted fodder commonly used in the livestock industry, it is possible to produce domestic ani... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001624 | Method for mixing and introduction of inulin The method for mixing and introduction of inulin facilitates health in young animals. In general, Inulin in a dry form will be combined with dry citric acid, an FDA approved colorant, and a moisture scavenger. The combined dry product will then be mixed and subseque... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001610 | Food supplement and use thereof for elevating levels of essential fatty acids in livestock and products therefrom This invention describes feed supplement, and processes which increase the amount of essential fatty acids in the milk, eggs, meat and other by-products from animals including dairy cattle, beef cattle, goats and poultry. The food supplement described herein include... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998496 | Rumen bypass calcium salts of trans and polyunsaturated fatty acids Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts with a fatty acid content consisting essentially of (a) about 40 to about 95 wt % unsaturated C16–C22 fatty acids; (b) about 5 to about 60 wt % saturated C14–C22 fatty acids; and (c) no more than about 6 wt % moi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955831 | Protein and lipid sources for use in aquafeeds and animal feeds and a process for their preparation A process for preparation of nutritionally upgraded oilseed meals which are protein and lipid-rich and have a reduced fiber content, and plant oils from oilseeds for use in fish or other non-human animal diets or human foods comprising the steps of: providing a sour... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6924382 | Rumen bypass calcium salts of C18:1 and C18:2 fatty acids Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts containing from about 0.1 to about 1.5 equivalents of calcium hydroxide relative to the fatty acid content, with the fatty acid content consisting essentially of (a) from about 40 t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6899904 | Pet food compositions having electrostatically charged ingredient Animal feed compositions comprising amounts of protein, carbohydrate, fat and a functional ingredient for preventing hairball formation are provided. The functional ingredient comprises an electrostatically charge ingredient, preferably selected from the group consi... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6887465 | Lactobacillus strains capable of preventing diarrhoea caused by pathogenic bacteria and rotaviruses Novel microorganisms of the family Lactobacillaceae and pharmaceutical compositions, food and methods of using same are provided. The microorganisms have the ability of preventing colonization of the intestine with pathogenic bacteria causing diarrhea and of prevent... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6866861 | Method and composition for enhancing milk component concentrations A method of enhancing milk component production in a ruminant, the method including providing a feed that includes a sugar alcohol and supplying the sugar alcohol to the abomasum of the ruminant. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858239 | Feed additive and method for controlling large bowel fermentation in the horse and similar animals A feed additive for equines, comprising dried glutamic acid fermentation solubles, dried corn fermentation solubles, or a mixture of dried glutamic acid fermentation solubles and dried corn fermentation solubles, wherein said dried solubles have been dried to a tota... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6841181 | Encapsulated multifunctional biologically active food component, process for its production and its use The invention relates to a multifunctional encapsulated biologically active food component consisting of a core which comprises at least one dietary fiber, which core is surrounded by at least one biologically active substance, in which the core and the biologically... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830771 | Fiber-containing animal feed gel A firm, flexible feed gel that provides animals, especially non-human primates such as orangutans, with fiber. The gel comprises a gelling agent, added-fiber, and water. While nutritional foods consumed by animals, both natural and manufactured, can contain certain ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6827959 | Mycotoxin adsorbents Mycotoxin adsorbents are produced containing an organically modified (organophilic) layered silicate, in which quaternary onium compounds contain at least one C10 to C22 alkyl group and at least one aromatic substituent, or containing a mixture... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6818235 | Beneficial control of energy balance in periparturient cattle The present invention provides a method for beneficial control of body condition and dietary energy balance in dairy cattle during colostrum milk production. An important aspect of the beneficial control is the provision of a feedstock which has a supplemented conte... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814988 | Process for optimizing milk production A method of supplying a ruminant with its nutritional requirements for methionine is provided wherein a hydroxy analogue of methionine that is available for absorption by a ruminant is administered to the ruminant. Preferably, the, ruminant is administered an isopro... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805897 | Feed supplement for livestock A feed supplement for livestock includes, in a feed supplement combination, a quantity of waste product material selected from the group comprising dissolved air floatation product (DAF) and paunch manure and a quantity of an inert dry medium which will not chemical... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805074 | System and method of customizing an animal feed based on heat increment A system for and method of determining a formulation for an animal feed having a customized heat increment value. The system can include an animal profile, an animal nutrient requirement profile, an evaluation criteria, and/or ingredient nutrient content profiles. T... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805886 | Feed composition for egg-laying fowl A feed for producing reduced-cholesterol brown eggs from brown-egg-laying fowl is provided. The feed contains organic chromium, bacterial culture for improving digestion, at least one enzyme for improving digestion, and at least about 2 wt. % fiber. ... | 10/19/2004 |