Animal bedding and associated method for preparing the same
AssigneeCCD Holdings LLC
InventorsCarey J. Boote, Russ Malek
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Abstract
Animal bedding having one or more solvents and a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing pelletized animal bedding is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from a cow which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product, drying the first wet product to generate a first dry product, and densifying the first dry product to, in turn, generate pelletized animal bedding.
Claims20
Animal bedding, comprising:
- at least one solvent, wherein the at least one solvent comprises water and is present in a concentration of less than approximately 25% weight;
- a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber compromises processed lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose, and wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion;
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- wherein the density fiber of the animal bedding ranges from approximately 0.950 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 1.40 grams per cubic centimeter.
Animal bedding, comprising:
- at least one solvent, wherein the at least one solvent comprises water present in a concentration of less than approximately 70% weight;
- a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion;
- and
- wherein the density fiber of the animal bedding ranges from approximately 0.950 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 1.40 grams per cubic centimeter.
Animal bedding, comprising:
- at least one solvent, wherein the at least one solvent comprises water present in a concentration of less than approximately 50% weight;
- a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion;
- and
- wherein the density fiber of the animal bedding ranges from approximately 0.950 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 1.40 grams per cubic centimeter.
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