Food and feed compositions including resistant starch

A method of increasing the amount of weight gained by a mammal during a feeding period, the method comprising:

• feeding the mammal a fluid animal feed comprising resistant starch during the feeding period wherein the ratio of resistant starch to fluid non-resistant starch animal feed is from 3:100 to 10:100 based on the dry weight of the resistant starch and the dry weight of the non-resistant starch animal feel components wherein the mammal is a ruminant and the resistant starch is provided to the ruminant in combination with corn starch.

A method of feeding a mammal, the method comprising:

• providing the mammal with a fluid animal feed during a feeding period, the fluid animal feed comprising an animal feed component and the mammal provided with more than about 1.25 pounds of the animal feed component per day, based on the dry weight of the animal feed component, during the feeding period wherein the mammal is a ruminant;
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• providing resistant starch to the mammal during the feeding period wherein the ratio of resistant starch to animal feed is from 3:100 to 10:100 based on the dry weight of the resistant starch and the dry weight of the non-resistant starch animal feed components.

A method of increasing the feed efficiency of a mammal during a feeding period, the method comprising:

• feeding the mammal a fluid animal feed comprising resistant starch in an amount effective to increase the feed efficiency of the mammal during a feeding period during the feeding period wherein the ratio of resistant starch to fluid non-resistant starch animal feed is from 3:100 to 10:100 based on the dry weight of the resistant starch and the dry weight of the non-resistant starch animal feed components wherein the mammal is a ruminant, the fluid animal feed is a milk replacer and the amount of milk replacer provided to the ruminant is greater than about one pound per day, based upon the dry weight of the milk replacer.

A method of increasing the amount of weight gained by a mammal during a feeding period, the method comprising:

• feeding the mammal a fluid animal feed comprising resistant starch in an amount effective to increase the amount of weight gained by the mammal during the feeding period wherein the ratio of resistant starch to fluid non-resistant starch animal feed is from 3:100 to 10:100 based on the dry weight of the resistant starch and the dry weight of the non-resistant starch animal feel components wherein the mammal is a ruminant, the fluid animal feed is a milk replacer and the amount of milk replacer provided to the ruminant is greater than about one pound per day, based upon the dry weight of the milk replacer.