Composition and method thereof for increasing milk production in dairy cattle
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsSteven I. Smith, John A. Foley, Jr.
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Abstract
A composition and method thereof for increasing milk production in diary cattle by balancing the essential amino acids via a particular complete feed, concentrate, or blender or base mix form of the composition which delivers essential amino acids post-ruminally wherein the composition generally comprises wheat middlings; corn; soybean meal; corn gluten meal; distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles; blood meal; fat; macro-minerals, which include calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chlorine and sulfur; trace minerals, which include cobalt, copper, iodine; iron, manganese, selenium and zinc; and vitamins, which include vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E.
Claims39
A complete dairy cattle feed composition comprising:
- about 7 to about 56 weight percent corn;
- about 20 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings;
- about 0.25 to about 2.5 weight percent soybean meal;
- about 2.0 to about 5.1 weight percent macro-minerals;
- about 5 to about 19 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 5.0 to about 8.0 weight percent blood meal;
- about 0.5 to about 0.10 weight percent trace minerals;
- and about 2.0 to about 7.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A concentrate dairy cattle feed composition comprising:
- about 18 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings, about 3.0 to about 16.0 weight percent soybean meal;
- about 2.5 to about 6.0 weight percent macrominerals;
- about 10 to about 20 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 10.0 to about 28.0 eight percent blood meal;
- about 0.3 to about 0.5 weight percent trace minerals;
- about 5 to about 18 weight percent corn gluten meal, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A blender dairy cattle feed composition comprising:
- about 20 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings, about 4.4 to about 6.9 weight percent macrominerals;
- about 10 to about 20 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 9 to about 15 weight percent blood meal;
- about 0.05 to about 0.2 weight percent trace minerals;
- and about 4.0 to about 8.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A base mix dairy cattle feed composition comprising about 5.0 to about 10 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles, about 40 to about 54.0 weight percent blood meal and about 15.0 to about 22.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A method of increasing milk production in dairy cattle wherein the cattle are fed the composition which comprises about 18 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings, about 3.0 to about 16.0 weight percent soybean meal;
- about 2.5 to about 6.0 weight percent macro-minerals;
- about 10 to about 20 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 10.0 to about 28.0 weight percent blood meal;
- about 0.3 to about 0.5 weight percent trace minerals;
- about 5 to about 18 weight percent corn gluten meal and is further combined with grains selected from the group consisting of corn, barley, oats, millet, rice sorghum, wheat and mixtures thereof in an about from about 6 to about 37 lbs./day to meet a cow's daily amino acid requirement, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A method of increasing milk production in dairy cattle wherein the cattle are fed the composition comprising:
- about 20 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings, about 4.4 to about 6.9 weight percent macro-minerals;
- about 10 to about 20 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 9 to about 15 weight percent blood meal;
- about 0.05 to about 0.2 weight percent trace minerals;
- about 4.0 to about 8.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, wherein the composition is further combined with grains selected from the group consisting of corn, barley, oats, millet, rice sorghum, wheat and mixtures thereof in an about from about 6 to about 37 lbs./day to meet a cow's daily amino acid requirement, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A method of increasing milk production in dairy cattle wherein the cattle are fed the composition comprising:
- about 5.0 to about 10.0 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles, about 40.0 to about 54.0 weight percent blood meal and about 15.0 to about 22.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, wherein the composition is further combined with grains selected from the group consisting of corn, barley, oats, millet, rice sorghum, wheat and mixtures thereof in an about from about 6 to about 37 lbs./day to meet a cow's daily amino acid requirement, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
A method of increasing milk production in dairy cattle wherein the cattle are fed the composition comprising:
- about 7 to about 56 weight percent corn;
- about 20 to about 50 weight percent wheat middlings, about 0.25 to about 2.5 weight percent soybean meal;
- 2 to about 5.1 weight percent macro-minerals;
- about 5 to about 19 weight percent distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles;
- about 5.0 to about 8.0 weight percent blood meal;
- about 0.5 to about 0.10 weight percent trace minerals;
- about 2.0 to about 7.0 weight percent corn gluten meal, which composition provides rumen bypass protein and microbial protein balanced in essential amino acids post-ruminally.
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