Aliphatic amide feed supplement for ruminants
AssigneeChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.
InventorsKenneth R. Cummings, Ronald L. Forrest
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Abstract
A feedstock and a method of utility are provided for increasing the content of unsaturated fatty acids in the tissues and milk of ruminants. A preferred feedstock is composed of a fodder substrate which is blended with an unsaturated aliphatic amide ingredient such as soyamide. The unsaturated aliphatic amide is biohydrogenation-resistant, and bypasses the rumen substantially intact. The aliphatic amide is converted to free fatty acid in the digestive tract, and subsequently is absorbed in the tissues and milk of the ruminant.
Claims12
A method for increasing the amount of unsaturated fatty acids in the tissues and milk of ruminants which comprises feeding a ruminant with a feedstock containing an unsaturated aliphatic amide supplement ingredient which is resistant to biohydrogenation in the rumen, wherein the aliphatic amide corresponds to the formula:
- ##STR3## where R is an unsaturated C.sub.11 -C.sub.21 aliphatic substituent.
A feedstock for ruminants for increasing the unsaturated fatty acid content in the tissues and milk of the ruminants, which comprises a fodder substrate containing between about 2-20 weight percent of an aliphatic amide supplement which comprises an ingredient corresponding to the formula:
- ##STR4## where R is an unsaturated C.sub.11 -C.sub.21 aliphatic substituent.
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