Church Dwight & Co., Inc.

Volac Limited

Kenneth R Cummings

M Stephen Lajoie

Alfredo Vinci

Elliot Block

Thomas F Sweeney

William K Sanchez

William J Zuccarello

Ronald L Forrest

Joseph A Paluzzi

Edward A Roman

James W Dynes

Gerard J Gutowski

Donald L Palmquist

William Zuccarella

Zbigniew Sek

Conor Rudden

This invention provides a rumen-bypass dietary supplement in compacted particulate form. The supplement has the capability to transport fatty acid calcium salt and between about 65-96 percent of rumen-protected undegraded aminoacid content to the post-ruminal digestive system of a ruminant. A feedstock containing the supplement for ruminants benefically improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle.

Ruminant feedstock dietary supplement

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 content of trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid derivative having rumen-bypass properties. The ingested quantity of CLA derivative ingredient per cow is effective for lowering and maintaining the fat content of colostrum milk in the range between about 4-6 weight percent and for increasing milk yield. The presence of cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid structural isomer in an invention feedstock is minimized, because it counteracts the beneficial effects of the trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid structural isomer, such as reduction in milk yield.

Beneficial control of energy balance in periparturient cattle

A cow milk product with enhanced nutritional and health values for human consumption, obtained from cows fed with a feedstock having a supplement containing at least about 60 weight percent of calcium oleate, which product has milk fat with a profile of fat constituents including about 1-3.5 weight percent of conjugated linoleic acid, about 2-6 weight percent of trans-11 18:1 fatty acid, about 20-30 weight percent of cis-9 18:1 fatty acid, and about 30-38 weight percent of 14:0 and 16:0 fatty acid, per total milk fat, and wherein the 18:1 to 18:0 fatty acid ratio in the milk fat is about 2-3.2:1.

Cow milk with enhanced nutritive and health values

This invention provides a feedstock for ruminants which beneficially improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle. The recovered milk product has a milk fat profile with an increased proportion of unsaturated fatty acid constituents. The enhanced benefits exhibited by an invention feedstock are derived from essential ingredients such as unsaturated fatty acid derivative having rumen-bypass properties, and an effective additive quantity of cyclic polyether ionophorous antibiotic.

Unsaturated lipid-enriched feedstock for ruminants

This invention provides a feedstock for controlling hypocalcemia in prepartum dairy cattle. An essential feature of the feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value between about &minus;5 and &plus;20 meq/100 g dietary DM. Other essential features are a weight ratio of potassium:magnesium between about 3-5:1, and between about 1-12 g/kg dietary DM of omega-6 fatty acid derivative having rumen-bypass properties.

Feedstock for prepartum dairy cattle

This invention provides a feedstock for improving the lactational performance of dairy cows. An essential feature of the feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value between about 20-60 meq/100 g dietary DM. Other essential features of the feedstock are an atomic ratio of potassium:sodium between about 1-5:1, and a weight ratio of potassium:magnesium between about 3-5:1.

Lactational performance of dairy cattle

This invention provides a process for the production of dry free-flowing potassium carbonate sesquihydrate. The process involves the controlled hydration of high purity anhydrous potassium carbonate. The product of the process has at least about 90 percent particle size distribution in the range between about 200-1500 microns. The invention potassium carbonate sesquihydrate has properties which adapt the product for utility as a macromineral nutrient in animal feedstocks.

Process for production of potassium carbonate sesquihydrate

This invention provides a feedstock for improving the lactational performance of dairy cows. An essential feature of an invention feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value between about 25-60 meq/100 g dietary DM. Other essential features of a preferred feedstock are an atomic ratio of potassium:sodium between about 1-5:1, a weight ratio of potassium:magnesium between about 3-5:1, and DCAD sodium-containing and potassium-containing macrominerals are selected from bicarbonate, carbonate and sesquicarbonate type compounds.

Macromineral dietary factors in ruminant nutrition

This invention provides a dietary fatty acid salt product in granulated form which optionally contains one or more additional nutrient or medicament ingredients. The dietary product can function as a rumen bypass animal feed supplement, and permit a beneficial increase in the nutrient fat content of the feed. An important aspect of the invention is the encapsulation of the granules with a polymeric coating which functions as an impermeable barrier to one or more volatile organic compounds contained in the core matrix.

Encapsulated dietary fatty acid salt products for ruminants

In one embodiment this invention provides a process for preparing a deodorized fatty acid salt feed supplement. Primary amine reagent is added to a process medium in which C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acid with a content of malodorous carbonyl compound is converted into a deodorized C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt product.

Deodorized fatty acid salt feed supplement product

A feedstock and a method of utility are provided for increasing the content of unsaturated fatty acids in the tissues and milk of ruminants. A preferred feedstock is composed of a fodder substrate which is blended with an unsaturated aliphatic amide ingredient such as soyamide. The unsaturated aliphatic amide is biohydrogenation-resistant, and bypasses the rumen substantially intact. The aliphatic amide is converted to free fatty acid in the digestive tract, and subsequently is absorbed in the tissues and milk of the ruminant.

Aliphatic amide feed supplement for ruminants

This invention provides a process for the preparation of a ruminant dietary product comprising a blend of fatty acid salt and denatured protein. In the process, whole proteinaceous oilseed in particulate form is treated with a basic alkaline earth metal compound. The oil content of the oilseed is saponified to a fatty acid salt, and the protein content is denatured into a water-insoluble form. The fatty acid salt and denatured protein ingredients of the invention ruminant dietary product have rumen-bypass properties, and are metabolized in the post-rumen digestive tract under ruminant feeding conditions.

Production of rumen-bypass fatty acid salt and protein dietary supplement

A process for preparing a fatty acid calcium salt ruminant feed supplement product which contains an incorporated methionine hydroxy analog calcium salt additive. The dietary product can function as a rumen bypass feed supplement, and permit a beneficial increase in the nutrient fat content of the feed.

Ruminant feed supplement product

This invention provides an improved process for the production of a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt product which have little or no content or glyceride ingredient. An essential feature of the process is the pre-blending of glyceride-containing fatty acid feedstock and basic alkaline earth metal compound, before mixing with water and heating the mixture to initiate salt-forming and glyceride-hydrolyzing reactions. The fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt product can be recovered in the form of tackless free-flowing dust-free granules.

Batch process for fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt production

In one embodiment this invention provides a process for preparing a dietary fatty acid salt supplement composition which contains a combination of additional nutrient or medicament ingredients. The dietary composition can function as a rumen bypass animal feed supplement, and permit a beneficial increase in the nutrient fat content of the feed.

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Skillman, NJ, United States of America

Kenneth R Cummings