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US 12,628,846 B2Granted
High fat feed particles
AssigneePurina Animal Nutrition LLC
InventorsDavid C. Weakley, Kent J. Lanter
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Abstract
The present invention includes extruded livestock feed particles comprising a high level of fat and methods of making these animal feed particles. The particles are palatable and digestible by the livestock animals and lead to an enhanced energy intake by the animals. The particles are also flowable. The method includes the use of a vacuum coater to incorporate the fat into extruded animal feed particles. The present invention also includes methods of feeding dairy cows.
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A method of making a livestock animal feed, the method comprising:
- mixing feed particle ingredients to form a feed mixture;
- conditioning the feed mixture;
- extruding the feed mixture such that porous extruded feed particles are formed;
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- vacuum-coating the porous extruded feed particles with one or more types of fat to form coated particles having a total fat content of at least about 45 percent by dry weight,
- wherein the one or more types of fat are present in pores of the coated particles and coat the exterior surface of the coated particles such that the coated particles are flowable and have a dry exterior surface, and
- wherein the one or more types of fat comprise palm stearin, the palm stearin coating the exterior surface of the coated particles constituting about 10 percent by weight to about 50 percent by weight of the total fat content.
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