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University of Southern California

Decel Incorporated

Daylin, Inc.

Milo D Appleman

Teh Fu Yen

Jack J Schroeder

Stanislao A DeSantis

John E Findley

A soft-moist, heat treated, environmentally stable animal food product having a moisture content from about 40 to about 60 wt.% and a pH from about 4 to about 6 is prepared by emulsifying and pasteurizing an ingredient mix containing moist proteinaceous meaty material, added moisture, edible acid, antimicrobial material, proteinaceous vegetable material, and colloidal clay. This ingredient mix may be further formulated with protein supplement material, fatty material, cellulosic binder, amylaceous material, vitamins and minerals, palatibility enhancing material,s and other nutritionally balancing ingredients. The products are particularly suited for feeding carnivorous and omnivorous animals housed in zoos.

Soft-moist animal food

A coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods is prepared by blending and mixing a formulation containing flour, moisture, fat and comminuted natural flavor material such as cheese, poultry, fish, kidney, liver and mixtures thereof to obtain a uniform dispersion of the same in a dough-like mass. Liquid whole egg may be employed as the moisture source and the composition may be further formulated with a stabilizer, preservative, protein adjuncts and coloring.

Flavored animal food compositions

There is disclosed an animal feed supplement in solid, block form which is sufficiently palatable to permit its free choice feeding and which contains the proper proportions of molasses and/or fat to supply the energy requirements for maintenance and weight gain of the animals. The feed supplement blocks intended for consumption by ruminants also contain a high level of protein derived from nonprotein nitrogen as well as natural protein to function as a supplementary protein source. The feed supplement includes molasses in a major proportion, and solidifying ingredients comprising a phosphate and an oxide or salt of a metal such as aluminum magnesium or calcium, in quantities sufficient to solidify the supplement into solid, block form. The preferred metal ingredient is calcium as the oxide and/or sulfate. The composition can also contain an edible fat or oil and a fat emulsifying agent in sufficient quantity to prevent separation of the fat from the product. In the preferred embodiment, the emulsifying agent is starch which is employed in sufficient quantities to accelerate the hardening of the block. Other components which can, optionally, be included in the block include limited quantities of trace minerals, antibiotics and vitamins. The fat component can also contain an antioxidant to inhibit degradation of the product. The composition is prepared by admixing the ingredients in a manner which permits the in situ reaction of the phosphate source and the alkaline earth metal ingredient. Typically, the ingredients are heated and stirred to disperse the solid components and maintained at a moderate temperature, e.g., about 95 degrees F., for a period of approximately 30 minutes, at which time the mixture thickens substantially. The mixture is then poured into molds or packages and permitted to solidify, reaching a sufficient integrity in a period of from 8 to 10 hours to permit the products to be stacked on pallets for storage and shipping.

Solid animal feed supplement

The invention relates to a method for converting oil shale into a fuel by contacting oil shale with a bacteria capable of producing an acid that will dissolve a portion of the inorganic lattice structure of oil shale which is thereby made porous or sponge-like in structure to expose combustible bitumen and kerogen therein.

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Milo D Appleman