Quick-fermented feed and method of preparing

Patent 6077546 Issued on June 20, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 24, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Mold control in forage
Patent #: 5371011
Issued on: 12/06/1994
Inventor: Bernier, et al.

Alkali-treated bagasse, and its preparation and uses
Patent #: 5545418
Issued on: 08/13/1996
Inventor: Iritani, et al.

Fermented bagasse feed, and its preparation and uses Patent #: 5547692
Issued on: 08/20/1996
Inventor: Iritani, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara

Application

No. 667937 filed on 06/24/1996

US Classes:

426/2, TREATMENT OF LIVE ANIMAL426/53, Animal feed426/61, DORMANT FERMENT CONTAINING PRODUCT, OR LIVE MICROORGANISM CONTAINING PRODUCT OR ONGOING FERMENTING PRODUCT, PROCESS OF PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF426/623, Animal food426/630, Animal feed426/635, Animal food426/636Grasses or straw

Examiners

Primary: Corbin, Arthur L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Browdy and neimark

Foreign Patent References

1571855 GB. 07/13/1990
2284972 GB. 06/13/1995
2285806 GB. 07/13/1995
9403646 WO. 02/13/1994

International Class

A23K 001/18

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-06-26 JP

Abstract

A quick-fermented feed is prepared by incorporating plant concentrate materials into alkali-treated wastes of agricultural products to lower the pH to a level below 10, inoculating the mixture with lactic acid bacteria capable of growing under alkaline conditions or high salt conditions, and fermenting the resulting mixture.

Other References

"Dietary Fiber", pp. 38 to 45 (1982), published by Dai-ichi Shuppan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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M.J. Playne, Increased Digestibility of Bagasse by Pretreatment with Alkalis and Steam Explosion, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 26, pp. 426-433 (1984)
Peter H. A. Sneath et al, Bergey's Manual Of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 2, pp. 1063-1065
E. Molina et al, Nutritive Value For Ruminants Of Sugar Cane Bagasse Enslied After Spray Treatment With Different Levels Of Sodium Hydroxide, Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 9, pp. 1-17, (1983