Method for breeding infant livestock and feed composition
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsAkio Okazaki, Ikuo Bethunou, Naoki Tsuchida, Masaharu Hayashi
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Abstract
A method for breeding an infant livestock is disclosed, which comprises orally administering a liquid feed composition comprising, as the main component, fats and oils having a fatty acid composition comprising 10% by weight or more of a saturated fatty acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms to a newborn livestock within 24 hours from its birth. According to the present invention, the survival rate of an infant livestock, in particular, newborn pigs weighing less than 1 kg at birth can be improved and the growth efficiency of newborn pigs till weaning can be elevated.
Claims10
In a method for breeding an infant animal which comprises orally administering a liquid feed composition comprising fats and oils having a fatty acid composition comprising 10% by weight or more of a saturated fatty acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms to a newborn animal within 24 hours from its birth,
- the improvement which comprises said fats and oils comprising a triglyceride of a middle chain fatty acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and a triglyceride of a long chain fatty acid having 16 or more carbon atoms in a weight ratio of said triglyceride of said middle chain fatty acid to said triglyceride of said long chain fatty acid of from 60/40 to 25/75, whereby due to the oral administering of said liquid feed the survival rate of said infant animal is improved.
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