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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1989
Thomas S Winowiski, Mosinee, WI (US);
Stephen Y Lin, Wausau, WI (US);
Daishowa Chemicals Inc., Rothschild, WI (US);
Abstract
An animal feed composition and method of compounding animal feed utilizing a carboxylic containing compound as a binder. The carboxylic containing compound comprises a polymer, copolymer or salts of the polymer or copolymer having a monomer unit of the general formula --(RCHCR'COOH).sub.n --where R is hydrogen or a carboxylic acid and R' is hydrogen or an alkyl group. One specific embodiment of the binder comprises a copolymer of a sulfonated lignin material and a monomer, polymer or polymer salt of the above general formula. The binder is incorporated with the feed in an amount of from about 0.025% to about 4.0% on a dry weight basis.