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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Acton, AU;
Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, North Sydney, AU;
James Cook University, Townsville, AU;
Nigel William Tomkins, Camp Mountain, AU;
Rocky De Nys, Townsville, AU;
Robert Douglas Kinley, Acton, AU;
Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Townsville, AU;
Lorenna Machado, Townsville, AU;
Nicholas Andrew Paul, Townsville, AU;
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, Townsville, AU;
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Acton, AU;
MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, North Sydney, AU;
Abstract
The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance of livestock, particularly ruminant animals for red meat production, especially cattle, in pasture and feedlot farming systems. There is provided a method for improving the growth performance of a livestock animal in a farming system including: providing a red marine macroalgae to a farming system to enable consumption of the red marine macroalgae by a livestock animal in the farming system; thereby improving the growth performance of the livestock animal in the system.