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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Arlene T. Lamptey, Des Moines, IA (US);
Friedhelm Brinkhaus, Urbandale, IA (US);
John A. Greaves, Ankeny, IA (US);
Eddy A. Fontana, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Gary M. Smith, Nocona, TX (US);
Kemin Industries, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
A poultry feed composition including protein, vitamins and minerals, and a source of carbohydrates from the group consisting of soybean meals and corn supplemented with an &agr;-galactosidase that catalyzes the degradation of the galactoside. The addition of the &agr;-galactosidase increases the ratio of gain to feed, increases the amount of white meat, or decreases the amount of fat deposited during growth of a chicken fed the feed composition, relative to the chicken fed on an identical feed composition absent the &agr;-galactosidase.