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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:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Smucker, Lusby, MD (US);
Myron E Taylor, Brookeville, MD (US);
Assignee:
ATP, Ltd., Lusby, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119-4 ;
Abstract
A method of feeding bivalves comprises periodically adding comminuted chitin-containing material having particles smaller than 40 .mu.m to a body of water containing bivalves. Arthropod exoskeletons, and particularly, crab shells, are a relatively inexpensive and readily obtainable chitin-containing material that can be comminuted and used for feeding bivalves.