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US 5,686,125 AGranted
Granular anionic dry cow product
AssigneeKalmbach Feeds, Inc.
InventorFrancis J. Mueller
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Abstract
A dry cow feed product is disclosed in which carriers such as corn, barley, wheat and others may be combined with anionic salts, plus other minerals and nutrients, in a granularization process to provide a palatable feed product that is advantageous especially to dairy cows during the dry period.
Claims16
A feed product for animals, comprising:
- a carrier;
- anionic salts mixed with said carrier;
- and
- minerals and vitamins mixed with said carrier and said anionic salts to form a granular feed product wherein the concentration of said carrier and said anionic salt is substantially consistent throughout every granular and wherein said granular feed product is flowable and can be shipped in bulk, wherein said carrier and said anionic salts are combined in a formula that is effective for a one to six pound feeding portion per animal.
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A feed product for animals, comprising:
- a carrier;
- and
- anionic salts mixed with said carrier to form a granular feed product wherein the concentration of said carrier and said anionic salt is substantially consistent throughout every granular and wherein said granular feed product is flowable and can be shipped in bulk, wherein a dietary cation-anion difference, calculated as follows:
- meq(K+Na)-(Cl+S)!/100 g dietary DM
- where:
- meq=milliequivalent
- K=dietary potassium concentration
- Na=dietary sodium concentration
- Cl=dietary chlorine concentration
- S=dietary sulfur concentration
- DM=dry matter,
- is negative.
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A feed product for dry cows, comprising:
- a plurality of granules, each of said granules ranging in size from about 1/64 inch up to about 12/64 inch, wherein each of said granules comprises a carrier forming from about 30% to about 95% by weight of each of said granules, at least one anionic salt forming from about 5% to about 70% by weight of each of said granules, and at least one mineral or vitamin forming from about 0.5% to about 65% by weight of each of said granules, wherein the density of said granules is equal to the density of the bulk feed to which said granules are expected to be added, plus or minus 30%, and wherein said granular feed product is flowable and can be shipped in bulk, whereby said feed product is administered in a per cow feeding rate of about 1 lb. to about 6 lbs., wherein a dietary cation-anion difference, calculated as follows:
- meq(K+Na)-(Cl+S)!/100 g dietary DM
- where:
- meq=milliequivalent
- K=dietary potassium concentration
- Na=dietary sodium concentration
- Cl=dietary chlorine concentration
- S=dietary sulfur concentration
- DM=dry matter,
- is negative.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.