System for producing low cholesterol eggs and feed additive resulting in same
OwnerAlice L. Havensinventor
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Abstract
A feed for hens which serves to reduce the cholesterol content of eggs laid by the hens, the feed being made up of laying mash and dehydrated cabbage in a ratio of about three parts of laying mash to two parts of cabbage by weight. The cabbage has been dehydrated by a process which does not raise its temperature to the point where enzymes therein are inactivated. It is believed that the enzymes in the dehydrated cabbage serve to induce cytochrome P-450 in the hen to break down the cholesterol in the body of the hen and, so, reduce the amount going into the eggs.
Claims20
A feed for hens said feed consisting essentially of mash mixed with dehydrated Brassica oleracea in such proportions that in its normal diet a hen would consume about four ounces of said Brassica oleracea each day whereby the cholesterol content of eggs laid by the hen is reduced.
A feed for hens said feed consisting essentially of a combination of mash and the constituent of Brassica oleracea which induces cytochrome P-450 in said hens in an amount effective to break down cholesterol in he body of the hens thereby reducing the cholesterol content of eggs laid by said hens.
A feed mixture for hens, said mixture consisting essentially of laying mash and dehydrated cabbage having cholesterol reducing enzymes therein, said feed mixture having a ratio of about three parts of said laying mash to about two parts of said dehydrated cabbage, by weight, said cabbage having been dehydrated so as to not inactivate the enzymes therein whereby the cholesterol content of eggs laid by said hens is reduced.
A feed for hens said feed consisting essentially of dehydrated Brassica oleracea in such proportions that, in its normal diet, a hen would consume about four ounces of said dehydrated Brassica oleracea each day, thereby reducing the cholesterol content of eggs laid by the hens.
The method of reducing the cholesterol content of eggs which comprises the steps of adding dehydrated cabbage to the diet of hens and feeding said diet to laying hens;
- wherein, since said cabbage is dehydrated, said hens can eat a sufficient quantity of said cabbage each day to significantly reduce said cholesterol content of said egg.
The method of reducing the cholesterol content of eggs which comprises the steps of adding dehydrated Brassica oleracea to the diet of hens and feeding said diet to laying hens,
- whereby, since said Brassica oleracea is dehydrated, said hens can eat a sufficient quantity of said Brassica oleracea each day to significantly reduce said cholesterol content of said eggs.
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