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US 2019/0336522 A1Published application
Animal feed products containing percarbonate and methods of feeding same
AssigneePurina Animal Nutrition LLC
InventorsBill L. Miller, Thomas Earleywine, Robert C. Musser, Samantha Steelman
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Abstract
Methods of feeding livestock animals involve feeding the livestock animals a milk replacer comprising percarbonate. The milk replacer has a pH of about 5.8 and the concentration of percarbonate is effective to reduce bacterial growth within the milk replacer product. The milk replacer can also include at least one added organic acid.
Claims17
A method of feeding livestock animals, the method comprising:
- feeding the livestock animals a milk replacer comprising percarbonate, wherein the milk replacer has a pH of about 5.8.
A milk replacer product comprising:
- a concentration of percarbonate effective to reduce bacterial growth within the milk replacer product;
- and
- at least one organic acid, wherein the organic acid reduces the pH of the milk replacer product to about 5.8.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.