Isoflavone-supplemented milk replacers and systems and methods of feeding same to young animals
AssigneePurina Animal Nutrition LLC
InventorBill L. Miller
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Abstract
Isoflavone-supplemented milk replacers fed to young animals during a pre-weaning provides isoflavones in the milk replacer at a level of about 700 mg per kilogram of the milk replacer, and/or provides about 450 mg of the supplemental isoflavone in at least about 1.5 pounds of the milk replacer by dry weight such that the animal ingests this amount of the isoflavone per day, and/or provides in the milk replacer at least about 50 mg of isoflavone per pound of the animal’s birth weight is ingested per day. In response to ingesting the isoflavone-supplemented milk replacer, the young animal experiences improved performance.
Claims20
A method of feeding a young animal an isoflavone-supplemented milk replacer, comprising:
- providing a milk replacer to a young animal on a daily basis during a pre-weaning phase, the milk replacer supplemented with an isoflavone extract derived from soy,
- wherein in response to ingesting the supplemented milk replacer, the young animal experiences improved performance,
- wherein the isoflavone extract excludes glycitein.
A milk replacer composition for improving performance of a young animal in a pre-weaning phase, the milk replacer comprising:
- an isoflavone extract derived from soy and excluding glycitein;
- at least about 18 wt% of a protein by dry weight;
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- at least about 18 wt% of a fat by dry weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.