Method for increasing the production of milk in ruminants
AssigneeMorgan Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsPeter A. Blagdon, Robert D. Morgan
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Abstract
A method of increasing the production of milk in a ruminant in which a milk-production increasing amount of encapsulated choline is orally administered to a ruminant, with the choline encapsulated in an encapsulating composition that protects the choline against metabolism by bacteria in the rumen of the ruminant. An edible composition for increasing the production of milk in a ruminant in which a milk-production increasing effective amount of choline is encapsulated in an encapsulating composition that protects the choline against metabolism by bacteria in the rumen of the ruminant.
Claims16
A method of increasing the production of milk in a ruminant, comprising:
- orally administering to a ruminant a milk-production increasing effective amount of a liquid choline-containing composition, said composition comprising microcapsules substantially each of said microcapsules having an edible, substantially continuous, solid, fusible outer shell encapsulating a discontinuous phase, said discontinuous phase including a multiplicity of choline-containing liquid cores, wherein said outer shell protects said choline-containing liquid cores in said discontinuous phase against metabolism by bacteria in the rumen of the ruminant wherein said shell material is made of a material which remains inert in the rumen.
An edible composition for increasing the production of milk in a ruminant, comprising:
- a milk-production increasing effective amount of a liquid choline-containing composition, said composition comprising microcapsules substantially each of said microcapsules having an edible, substantially continuous, solid, fusible outer shell encapsulating a discontinuous phase, said discontinuous phase including a multiplicity of choline-containing liquid cores, wherein said outer shell protects said choline-containing liquid cores in said discontinuous phase against metabolism by bacteria in the rumen of the ruminant wherein said shell material is made of a material which remains inert in the rumen.
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