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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-2 ; 426656 ; 426807 ;
Abstract
A feedstuff for swine containing 0.001% to 0.1% by weight of L-tryptophan or its salt, in addition to a required amount of L-tryptophan component, together with the other essential constituents. The inclusion of the additional L-tryptophan or its salt results in increases in milk yields and body weight of dams, an increase in growth rate of farrows, a reduction of recurrence days of estrus, and an increase in the body weight gain of fattening pigs or hogs. A method for formulating the feedstuff containing the additional amount of L-tryptophan or its salt is also presented.