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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Purina Animal Nutrition Llc, Shoreview, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Burr, Marthasville, MO (US);
Brenda de Rodas, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC, Shoreview, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A23K 20/142 (2016.01); A23K 50/30 (2016.01); A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A23K 20/147 (2016.01); A23K 40/20 (2016.01); A23K 50/60 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 20/142 (2016.05); A23K 20/147 (2016.05); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 40/20 (2016.05); A23K 50/10 (2016.05); A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A23K 50/60 (2016.05);
Abstract
A semi-solid animal feed block is provided to an animal as a feed supplement or as a complete feed. The feed block is formed of a liquid binder containing denatured wheat flour protein and sugar, and a nutrient mixture of at least one animal feed component. The denatured protein and the sugar bind the nutrient mixture to form the semi-solid animal feed block as a single mass. The nutrients may be formulated to promote digestive tract development of a recently weaned livestock animal, such as a piglet.