Poultry and livestock feed additive
AssigneeHeart-O-Dixie Animal Nutrition, LLC
InventorMartin Kenneth Register
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Abstract
A poultry and livestock feed additive composition containing 36 wt. % electrolytes, roughage and mineral oil to increase their dietary electrolyte balance. Addition of the electrolyte additive composition improves breeder hen performance as to egg production, body weight, and reduced mortality from heat stress. Broiler chickens on this diet result in increased processing yield, feed conversion and body weight. A method of preparing this dietary electrolyte feed for poultry and livestock is also described.
Claims20
A poultry and livestock feed additive composition in powder form comprising:
- 30-40 wt. % of a dietary electrolyte selected from mixtures of sodium, potassium and calcium in the form of carbonates, sulfates and chlorides;
- 55-60 wt. % of an organic roughage product selected from the group consisting of a rice mill by-product, soybean hulls and peanut hulls;
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- 0.001-0.010 wt. % mineral oil to form a powdered product.
A method of preparing and feeding poultry and livestock a feed additive composition containing an appropriate amount of electrolytes comprising the steps of:
- grinding a mixture of organic roughage product selected from the group consisting of a rice mill by-product, soybean hulls and peanut hulls;
- mixing the ground mixture of organic roughage product with mineral oil in a ribbon blender apparatus;
- adding a dietary electrolyte mixture selected from mixtures of sodium, potassium and calcium in the form of carbonates, sulfates and chlorides;
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- forming a powdered product containing an appropriate amount of electrolytes for feeding poultry and livestock.
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