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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Purina Animal Nutrition Llc, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bill L. Miller, Labadie, MO (US);
Michael S. Burr, Marthasville, MO (US);
Gordon Ballam, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jodi Joy Eineichner Moore, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mikel Roeder, Springdale, AR (US);
Erin Venable, Scott City, MO (US);
PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Abstract
Consumable feed products and vegetation are delivered to animals using a single container in which the container holds the feed product and is used to deliver the feed and which includes ungerminated seeds embedded in the container body. The seeds are caused to germinate and produce vegetation from the container body, and the germinated seeds and/or vegetation is fed to the animal. Multiple containers may be used simultaneously so that while the consumable feed product from one container is used to feed an animal, another container may be used to grow vegetation or deliver vegetation to the animal. Confined birds such as poultry and chicks may benefit from ingesting feed and vegetation produced from such containers.