Method and composition for enhancing oleic acid content of milk produced by ruminants
AssigneesLand O'Lakes, Inc., Optimum Quality Grains, L.L.C.
InventorsCindie M. Luhman, Ping Feng, Phil Kerr
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Abstract
A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method including processing a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant, orally feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant, and milking the ruminant to produce milk.
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A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method comprising:
- processing a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- orally feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant;
- and
- milking the ruminant to produce milk, the concentration of fat in the milk produced by the ruminant fed the ruminally-protected high oleic material being greater than the concentration of fat in milk produced by the ruminant when fed the high oleic material without ruminally protecting the high oleic material.
A method of feeding a ruminant, the method comprising:
- ruminally protecting a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant, wherein ruminally protecting the high oleic material comprises roasting the high oleic material;
- and
- orally feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant.
A feed composition, the feed composition comprising:
- a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant, the ruminally-protected high oleic material comprising ruminally-protected high oleic oilseed;
- high oil corn;
- high oleic corn;
- or any combination of these.
Milk, the milk comprising at least about 3.5 weight percent fat, based on the total weight of the milk, the milk produced by a ruminant fed a ruminally-protected high oleic material.
A method of producing milk, the method comprising:
- feeding ruminally-protected high oleic material to a ruminant, the ruminally-protected high oleic material resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- and
- milking the ruminant to produce milk, the milk comprising at least about 26.5 weight percent of the cis-isomer form of oleic acid, based on the total weight of all fatty acids in the milk.
A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method comprising:
- roasting a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant;
- and
- milking the ruminant to produce milk.
A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method comprising:
- non-enzymatically browning a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant;
- and
- milking the ruminant to produce milk.
A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method comprising:
- processing a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant;
- and
- milking the ruminant to produce milk, the weight rate of production of milk produced by the ruminant fed the ruminally-protected high oleic material being greater than the weight rate of milk production by the ruminant when fed the high oleic material without ruminally protecting the high oleic material.
A method of producing milk, the method comprising:
- feeding a ruminally-protected high oleic material to a ruminant, the ruminally-protected high oleic material resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- and milking the ruminant to produce milk, the milk comprising at least about 3.5 weight
- percent fat, based on the total weight of the milk.
A method of feeding a ruminant, the method comprising:
- non-enzymatically browning a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- and
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant.
A method of feeding a ruminant, the method comprising:
- ruminally protecting a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- and
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant, consumption of the ruminally-protected high oleic material effective to support production of a first milk by the ruminant, the first milk having a first fat concentration, the first fat concentration greater than a second fat concentration in a second milk that is producible by the ruminant upon consumption by the ruminant of the high oleic material that has not been ruminally protected.
A method of feeding a ruminant, the method comprising:
- ruminally protecting a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant;
- and
- feeding the ruminally-protected high oleic material to the ruminant, consumption of the ruminally-protected high oleic material effective to support production of milk by the ruminant at a first rate, the first rate greater than a second rate of milk production that is achievable by the ruminant upon consumption by the ruminant of the high oleic material that has not been ruminally protected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.