US 5,626,891 A · Compound for poultry feeds and a method for feeding poultry with the same

Compound for poultry feeds and a method for feeding poultry with the same

AssigneesJapan as represented by Director General of Kyusyu National Agricultural Experiment Station of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Fukuoka Prefectural Government, Kumamoto Prefectural Government, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Taiyo Yushi K.K.

InventorsTakamitsu Aii, Fuminori Terada, Makoto Muraoka, Masanobu Tsurusaki, Harumi Ono, Yuji Kojima, Tadakatsu Murakami, Masaharu Matsuzaki, Hirotoshi Hayasawa, Takashi Shimizu, Shuzo Ishida, Toshihiro Nakamura

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Abstract

The present invention provides a compound for poultry feeds characterized by making it possible to increase the content of a highly unsaturated fatty acid in the yolk of eggs laid, decrease the percentage of breakage of eggs laid and extend the egg-laying period, and containing a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid calcium salt having carbon atoms of more than 18 alone, or said long-chain unsaturated fatty acid calcium salt together with a molasses, a browning material formed by heating saccharide, a browning material formed by heating saccharide and amino acids and the like as effective ingredients, and a method for feeding poultry characterized by compounding said compound with a poultry feed, and feeding the resultant feed to poultry.

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Dependent claims

A compound for poultry feeds, which comprises long-chain unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts consisting essentially of fatty acid calcium salts having at least 18 carbon atoms, and a material selected from the group consisting of a molasses, a browning material formed heating a saccharide, and a browning material formed by heating a saccharide and amino acids;

at a weight ratio of the fatty acid calcium salts to the material of about 90:10 to 99.5:0.5.

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