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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Paul A. Porter, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Cindie M. Luhman, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Porter, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Cindie M. Luhman, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Assignee:
Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC, Shoreview, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of feeding a ruminant that entails providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, where the feed is free of rumen-protected fatty acid or comprises less than 10 weight percent rumen-protected fatty acid, based on the total weight of the feed and further entails orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, where the ruminant ingests the feed and sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period.