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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoru Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Yoshimi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Takahisa Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Kono, Saitama, JP;
Akihiro Kodaira, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K / ; A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-2 ; 426658 ; 426805 ; 426807 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a convenient and economical method for improving the rate of raising newborn piglets from the pregnancy of the sow to the weaning of the piglets. The method reduces the incidence of premature piglets and increases the lacteal yield of breeding sows by feeding the breeding sows a feed containing saccharides mainly composed of oligosaccharides.