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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elliot Block, Yardley, PA (US);
William K. Sanchez, Tigard, OR (US);
Kenneth R. Cummings, Skillman, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/175 ; A23K 1/08 ; A01N 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/175 ; A23K 1/08 ; A01N 3/100 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a feedstock for improving the lactational performance of dairy cows. An essential feature of the feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value between about 20-60 meq/100 g dietary DM. Other essential features of the feedstock are an atomic ratio of potassium:sodium between about 1-5:1, and a weight ratio of potassium:magnesium between about 3-5:1.