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US 2021/0228624 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.
Claims20
A method of feeding young animals, the method comprising:
- feeding the young animals a milk replacer comprising percarbonate and an organic acid and having a pH of about 5.8,
- wherein the milk replacer exhibits reduced growth of Salmonella over a period of about 2 to about 8 hours.
A milk replacer composition comprising:
- an admixture comprising a milk replacer powder, an organic acid, and a concentration of percarbonate,
- wherein, upon mixing with water, the admixture forms an aqueous milk replacer product having a pH of about 5.8 and exhibiting reduced growth of Salmonella over a period of about 2 to about 8 hours.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.