Guanidino acetic acid used as an animal food additive

A method comprising improving feed uptake, increasing growth performance, increasing muscle meat gain, increasing meat quality or increasing reproduction performance in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal, wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.

A method comprising administering a therapeutic composition comprising guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof for breeding and growing livestock to strengthen the immune system and to improve the reproduction performance of the livestock, wherein the therapeutic composition is provided in predominantly vegetarian diets, as partial or total replacement for fish meal, meat meal, an anabolic agent, an antimicrobial performance enhancer or a growth hormone.

A method comprising administering a sufficient amount of a composition comprising guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof to breeding and growing livestock to prevent or mitigate a consequence of heat stress,

A method comprising preparing a wet or dry feed for a dog or a cat by adding to the wet or dry feed a guidininoacetic acid or a salt thereof with at least one wet or dry feed component for cat or dog feed.

A method comprising improving feed uptake, increasing growth performance, increasing muscle meat gain, increasing meat quality or increasing reproduction performance in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof and wherein air-dried feed is used.

A method comprising improving feed uptake, increasing growth performance, increasing muscle meat gain, increasing meat quality or increasing reproduction performance in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof and wherein the guanidinoacetic acid or salt thereof is used in doses of from 0.01 to 5 g/kg feed.

A method comprising improving feed uptake, increasing growth performance, increasing muscle meat gain, increasing meat quality or increasing reproduction performance in growing and feeding livestock by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for growing and feeding livestock wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.

A method comprising improving feed uptake in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof and wherein at the same time a feed consumption decreases.

A method comprising improving feed uptake in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.

A method comprising increasing growth performance in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof

A method comprising increasing muscle meat gain in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.

A method comprising increasing meat quality in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.

A method comprising increasing reproduction performance in an animal by administering a sufficient amount of feed additive as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the animal wherein the feed additive comprises guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof.