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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryan G Miller, Pine Bush, NY (US);
Assignee:
Balchem Corporation, Slate Hill, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-2 ; 426 96 ; 426648 ; 426807 ;
Abstract
A method of increasing feed intake, feed efficiency, daily gain, carcass grade, or combinations thereof, in ruminants. The ruminants are fed ration containing about 0.1 to 5 wt % added fat; wherein the ration also contains 0.5 to 10 grams of a rumen-protected choline compound for the first 0.1 to 2 wt % added fat and about 2 to 5 additional grams of rumen-protected choline compound for each additional 1% added fat.