Feeds for baby pigs, process for preparing the same and method of breeding baby pigs
AssigneeNissan Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiko Watanabe
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Abstract
The feed to be fed to baby pigs is composed of at least one kind of edible iron salt in an amount corresponding to 3.2 to 16.4% by weight as iron; at least one kind of edible organic acid or a salt thereof in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight, which is in solid form at room temperature; small amounts of a sweetener, a flavoring and, if desired, vitamins; and a base containing an oligosaccharide as the balance. This feed is in the form of pellets.
Claims12
A process for preparing a feed for baby pigs, which comprises:
- (a) preparing a mixture of an edible iron salt selected from at least one member of the group consisting of ferrous fumarate, iron citrate, iron DL-threonine, sodium iron citrate succinate, and iron sulfate, in an amount corresponding to 3.2 to 16.4% by weight as iron;
- an additional edible organic acid selected from at least one member of the group consisting of citric acid, succinic acid, gluconic acid, malic acid and fumaric acid or a salt thereof in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight, which is in solid form at room temperature;
- small amounts of a sweetener, a flavoring and, if desired, vitamins:
- and an oligosaccharide-containing base as the balance of the mixture;
- (b) shaping the mixture into pellets having desired shapes;
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- (c) heating the mixture at a temperature of at least 70.degree. C. to produce a product having a water content of not more than 7%.
A feed for baby pigs comprising at least one source of edible iron salt selected from at least one member of the group consisting of ferrous fumarate, iron citrate, iron DL-threonine, sodium iron citrate succinate, and iron sulfate, in an amount corresponding to 3.2 to 16.4% by weight as iron;
- at least one additional source of edible organic acid selected from at least one member of the group consisting of citric acid, succinic acid gluconic acid, malic acid and fumaric acid or a salt thereof in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight, which is in solid form at room temperature;
- small amounts of a sweetener, a flavoring agent and, it desired, vitamins;
- and an oligasaccharide-containing base material as the balance of the feed and being in the form of pellets, produced in accordance with the process of claim 16.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.