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US 11,026,966 B2Granted
Animal feed products containing percarbonate and methods of feeding same
AssigneePurina Animal Nutrition LLC
InventorsBill L. Miller, Thomas Earleywine, Robert C. Musser, Samantha Steelman
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Abstract
Methods of feeding livestock animals involve feeding the livestock animals a milk replacer comprising percarbonate. The milk replacer has a pH of about 5.8 and the concentration of percarbonate is effective to reduce bacterial growth within the milk replacer product. The milk replacer can also include at least one added organic acid.
Claims13
A method of feeding livestock animals, the method comprising:
- feeding the livestock animals a milk replacer comprising an antibacterial system consisting of percarbonate and at least one added acid selected from a group consisting of:
- citric acid, malic acid, valeric acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, formic acid, caproic acid, oxalic acid, lactic acid, benzoic acid, carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, gluconic acid, pyrophosphoric acid and carbolic acid, wherein the milk replacer has a reduced pH of about 5.8,
- wherein the milk replacer exhibits reduced growth of Salmonella over a period of about 2 to about 8 hours relative to a milk replacer of pH 5.8 that lacks percarbonate.
A milk replacer product comprising:
- an antibacterial system consisting of percarbonate and at least one acid selected from a group consisting of:
- citric acid, malic acid, valeric acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, formic acid, caproic acid, oxalic acid, lactic acid, benzoic acid, carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, gluconic acid, pyrophosphoric acid and carbolic acid, wherein a concentration of percarbonate is effective to reduce bacterial growth within the milk replacer product;
- wherein the at least one acid reduces the pH of the milk replacer product to about 5.8,
- wherein the milk replacer product exhibits reduced growth of Salmonella over a period of about 2 to about 8 hours relative to a milk replacer product of pH 5.8 that lacks percarbonate.
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