Church Dwight & Co., Inc.

General Electric Company

Robert A Hendel

Steven A Bolkan

William J Zuccarello

Zbigniew Senk

Edward A Roman

Phillip Alan Forsythe

Laibin Bruce Yan

Longchun Cheng

This invention provides a control release formulation or rumen-bypass dietary supplement in compacted form. The formulation or supplement has the capability to transport fatty acid calcium salt and between about 1-75 percent of one or more rumen-protected undegraded biologically active agents to the post-ruminal digestive system of a ruminant. A feedstock containing the formulation or supplement for ruminants beneficially improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle.

Ruminant feedstock dietary supplement

A method of controlling the deposition of silica containing scales and their adhesion to surfaces in contact with an aqueous system is disclosed which comprises adding to the aqueous system about 1-500 ppm of a water-soluble or dispersible hydrophobically modified polyether polymer. Exemplary hydrophobically modified polyether polymers include alkylene oxide hydrophilic backbone repeat units and hydrophobic groups that may be attached to the backbone at a variety of locations such as 1) at the ends of the backbones, 2) either regularly or randomly spaced along the backbone length, or 3) as linking groups to link two or more portions of the backbone together.

Methods for controlling silica scale in aqueous systems

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Chalfont, PA, United States of America

Robert A Hendel