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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Lin Wang, Iowa City, IA (US);
Sarjit Johal, Iowa City, IA (US);
Thomas A. Wiesner, Muscatine, IA (US);
Thomas L. Small, Muscatine, IA (US);
Lin Wang, Iowa City, IA (US);
Sarjit Johal, Iowa City, IA (US);
Thomas A. Wiesner, Muscatine, IA (US);
Thomas L. Small, Muscatine, IA (US);
Grain Processing Corporation, Muscatine, IA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an animal litter that includes a palm oil residue, possibly in combination with another absorbent material such as whole ground grain, virgin germ, seed meal, spent germ or clay. The palm oil residue may be palm kernel cake, palm oil sludge, or palm pressed fiber. Also disclosed are a method for removing animal waste and a process for preparing an animal litter. The method for removal of animal waste includes allowing an animal to excrete waste into a container that includes a litter, the litter comprising a palm oil residue. The process for preparing an animal litter comprises combining the materials that make up the litter to form the litter.