Dried citrus peel supplement for use in commercial poultry feed
AssigneeTropicana Products, Inc.
InventorsJames H. Keithly, Thomas Taggart
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Abstract
Disclosed is an improved poultry feed diet composition and uses incorporating the feed composition. The feed composition includes byproduct or waste material from citrus juice extraction. The citrus byproduct or waste is at a concentration characteristic of a feed supplement. These feed supplements improve poultry characteristics and enhance feed conversion when compared with traditional poultry feed diets or supplements which rely on components that are not in their respective native states as present in citrus byproduct from juice extraction equipment.
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A poultry feed diet composition for raising poultry within confined spaces such as poultry pens, the poultry feed diet composition comprising a balanced feed composition plus a citrus feed supplement, said feed supplement being a citrus byproduct generated by citrus juice expressing from citrus fruit, said citrus feed supplement including citrus byproduct particles, and said citrus feed supplement being at a concentration of not more than about 2 weight percent, based on the total weight of the poultry feed diet composition.
A process for enhancing commercial poultry raising operations, comprising:
- supplying a confined space within which poultry chicks are raised, the combined space having a poultry feeding area;
- providing a poultry feed diet composition which comprises a balanced feed composition and a citrus feed supplement, said citrus feed supplement being a citrus byproduct generated by expressing citrus juice from citrus fruit, the citrus byproduct containing citrus peel and pulp, said citrus feed supplement being at a concentration of not more than about 2 weight percent, based on the total weight of the poultry feed diet composition;
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- placing said poultry feed diet composition within the poultry feeding area and confining poultry chicks in the confined space, thereby having the poultry feed on the poultry feed diet.
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