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AssigneeRalson Purina Company
InventorsLeroy V. Skoch, Bud G. Harmon, Charles W. Dickerson, Nelson S. Chou
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An animal feed supplement in a solid, weather resistant block form and method of making is disclosed. The molasses based feed supplement block, intended for consumption primarily by ruminant animals, although not limited thereto, contains ferrous sulfate as a blocking agent. The feed supplement also comprises a water absorbent clay, a phosphorous source and finely ground magnesium oxide as well as an edible fat or oil in sufficient quantities to set into a solid block when admixed with the blocking agent. A preferred block composition is prepared by a method which comprises admixing the molasses, water, phosphate source and water absorbent clay under high speed shearing action for an effective amount of time to disperse the clay, admixing edible fat and dispersing it in the mixture and then admixing ferrous sulfate and finely ground magnesium oxide to obtain a nutrient mixture. The mixture is then poured into molds or packages and solidifies to form a hard block.
A process for preparing a molasses based animal feed block which comprises admixing molasses, nutritive ingredients, about 5 to about 10% by weight of a phosphorous source, and water absorbent clay with about 2 to about 4% by weight ferrous sulfate and about 3.5 to about 15% by weight finely ground magnesium oxide having a surface area greater than 11 m.sup.2 /gm under high speed shearing action to obtain a nutrient mixture that solidifies to form a hard, weather resistant block.
A process for preparing a molasses based animal feed block which comprises admixing molasses, nutritive ingredients, from about 1 to about 10% by weight of a phosphorous source and water absorbent clay under high speed shearing action for an effective amount of time to disperse the clay, admixing fat, from about 2 to about 4% by weight ferrous sulfate and about 3.5 to about 15% by weight finely ground magnesium oxide having a surface area greater than 11 m.sup.2 /gm to obtain a nutrient mixture that solidifies to form a hard weather resistant block.
A process for preparing an animal feed block which comprises mixing about 22 to about 65% by weight molasses, about 5 to about 10% by weight of a phosphorous source and about 0.5 to about 5% by weight water absorbent clay under high speed shearing action for an effective amount of time to disperse the clay, admixing fat, from about 2 to about 4% by weight ferrous sulfate and from about 3.5 to about 15% by weight finely ground magnesium oxide having a surface area greater than 11 m.sup.2 /gm to obtain a nutrient mixture that solidifies to form a hard, weather resistant block.
A molasses based animal feed block comprising a mixture of molasses, nutritive ingredients, about 1 to about 10% by weight of a phosphorous source and water absorbent clay, with about 2 to about 4% by weight ferrous sulfate and about 3.5 to about 15% by weight finely ground magnesium oxide having a surface area greater than 11 m.sup.2 /gm, said block being solid, weather resistant and palatable.
An animal feed block comprising about 22 to 65% by weight molasses, about 3.5 to about 15% by weight finely ground magnesium oxide, having a surface area greater than 11 m.sup.2 /gm, about 2 to about 4% by weight ferrous sulfate, about 0.5 to 5% water absorbent clay, about 5 to 10% by weight phosphorous source, water and about 5 to about 30% fat source;
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