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US 2006/0134248 A1Published application
Hop acids as a replacement for antibiotics in animal feed
OwnerJohn Mayeinventor
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Abstract
A method of using hop acids for increasing food and energy uptake from feed by livestock is described which includes delivering the hop acids for oral ingestion to the animals by mixing the acids with livestock feed. The acids are mixed with the feed in an amount to inhibit certain types of undesirable bacteria in the livestock's digestive system, thereby increasing the production of propionate and lactate and decreasing the production of methane gas.
Claims14
A method of using hop acids as an organic food supplement for livestock comprising
- delivering the hop acids for oral ingestion by mixing the acids with a livestock feed, wherein the hop acids are mixed with the feed in an amount to inhibit certain types of undesirable bacteria commonly found in the digestive systems of livestock.
A method for increasing food and energy uptake from a livestock feed by livestock comprising:
- administering to the livestock a feed having an effective amount of hop acid capable of decreasing the production of unoxidized carbon sources in a digestive system fluid of the livestock.
An animal feed comprising
- a feed plant selected from at least one of the group consisting of corn, barley, alfalfa, wheat, and sorghum, and
- an effective amount of hop acid capable of inhibiting certain types of undesirable bacteria commonly found in the digestive systems of livestock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.