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US 5,725,873 AGranted
Method of improving the growth or the efficiency of feed conversion of an animal and compositions for use therein
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsMark E. Cook, Daria L. Jerome
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Abstract
A method of improving the efficiency of an animal to convert feed into desirable body tissue involves feeding the animal feed particles having an inner core of nutrients and an outer layer of fat containing antibodies which can protect the animal from contacting diseases that can adversely affect the animal's ability to grow or efficiently convert its feed into body tissue.
Claims1
A particulate animal feed comprising an inner core of nutrients containing carbohydrates and proteins and an outer layer of an edible fat having cholecystokinin (CCK) antibodies encapsulated therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.