Folic acid rumen by-pass method and composition
AssigneeZinpro Corporation
InventorPeter A. Stark
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Abstract
A method and composition for dietary supplementation of ruminants with folic acid in a manner that assures the folic acid will not be consumed by rumen bacteria and instead will pass through to the intestine and to the animal's blood serum in order to enhance milk production. The folic acid in water is mixed with a water soluble metal salt of zinc, copper, iron or manganese or mixtures thereof.
Claims10
A method of dietary supplementation of ruminants with folic acid that will by-pass the rumen bacteria, comprising:
- mixing in water, folic acid with a water soluble metal salt, wherein the metal has a cation being selected from the group consisting of zinc, copper, iron and manganese and the salt has an anion which makes the salt soluble to provide a mixture;
- and, feeding the mixture to a ruminant.
A composition which is rumen stable, but intestine soluble to provide increased ruminant animal blood serum folic acid levels, comprising:
- folic acid in solution with a water soluble metal salt having an anion and a cation, with the cation of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, zinc and manganese and the anion selected from the group consisting of sulfates, chlorides, acetate, phosphates and nitrates.
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