Dietary modifications to improve fertility
AssigneeNutreco Nederland B.V.
InventorTette van der Lende
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Abstract
The invention relates to products and methods for increasing the productivity in farming by improving the fertility of healthy farming mammals. More in particular, the invention relates to products and methods for improving the fertility of animals by reducing placental insufficiency. According to the invention, this is obtained by providing a product which is enriched in L-arginine. The arginine products of the invention may be applied to improve fertility, which may be used in improving the yield in viable offspring of an animal livestock.
Claims20
An animal feed suitable for feeding a gestating animal, which animal feed is enriched in arginine, such that a daily dosage of at least 200 mg arginine per kg body weight of said gestating animal (kgbw) is provided upon feeding, which feed comprises amino acids in an amount relative to lysine (w/w) in the following ranges:
- 3 methionine + cysteine:
- >0.55;
- threonine:
- >0.60;
- and tryptophan >0.15.
A premix containing arginine in a sufficient amount, upon mixing with feed, to produce an animal feed suitable for feeding a gestating animal, said animal feed being enriched in arginine such that a daily dosage of at least 200 mg arginine per kg body weight of the gestating animal is provided upon feeding, which animal feed comprises amino acids in an amount relative to lysine (w/w) in the following ranges:
- 5 methionine + cysteine:
- >0.55;
- threonine:
- >0.60;
- and tryptophan:
- >0.15.
A method for increasing the breeding productivity of an animal, said method comprising:
- providing a diet to at least one gestating animal resulting in a daily dosage of 200-1300 mg arginine per kg body weight of said at least one gestating animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.