Compositions to increase milk fat production in lactating ruminants and methods using the same
AssigneeNutreco Nederland B.V.
InventorJohn Henry Doelman
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Abstract
Disclosed is a composition comprising a gluconic acid and/or one or more gluconic acid derivatives and a controlled release agent, wherein the controlled release agent allows partial, substantial, or substantially complete ruminal bypass of the composition. The composition may be used as a ruminant feed or feed supplement, particularly for increasing milk fat production in a lactating ruminant, for improving the health status of the hindgut of a ruminant, for increasing the production of butyrate in the hindgut of a ruminant, and/or for increasing somatic growth of a ruminant.
Claims40
A controlled release composition, consisting of a gluconic acid and/or one or more salts thereof as the sole active ingredient for increasing milk fat production, admixed in a solid matrix comprising a controlled release agent selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) fatty acids, partially or fully hydrogenated animal oils, partially or fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, and mixtures of two or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, partially or fully hydrogenated animal oils, and partially or fully hydrogenated vegetable oils;
- (ii) liposomes, membranes, hydrogels, acrylic polymers or co-polymers, polysaccharides, vinyl polymers or copolymers, and
- (iii) mixtures of any thereof,
- wherein, if the composition comprises antioxidants, the only antioxidants in the composition are selected from the group consisting of gluconic acid and/or one or more salts thereof, butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, tocopherols, and propyl gallate.
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