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AssigneeNutriQuest, LLC
InventorsChad D Hagen, Steven P Weiss, Wayne Cast, Kenneth W Purser, Ran Song, Dale Green
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Feeding a diet supplemented with DDGS or another supplement containing UFA at a level above a threshold to animals such as swine, cattle, and poultry can have negative effects on carcass fat, certain growth parameters, and meat characteristics. However, if this diet is provided with a second supplement that contains CPFA at specified levels in the diet, the negative effects otherwise expected are wholly or at least partially countered. The invention recommends employing a supplemental source of CPFA between about 0.001% and about 0.5% of the diet by weight. Negative effects on carcass characteristics caused by ractopamine can also be countered by the addition of this amount of at least one source of CPFA in the diet.
A method of improving firmness of fat in pigs by oral administration of a diet comprising about 2% or more unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) wherein said diet also comprises between about 0.001% and about 0.5% by weight of a supplemental source of cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) fed over a plurality of days during the last 10 weeks prior to harvest.
A method of improving firmness of fat in pigs said method comprising:
A method of improving firmness of fat and reducing feed costs said method comprising oral administration of a diet to pigs comprising an ingredient having at least about 2% unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) and lower costs than the base feed, and a supplement comprising at least one source of cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) in an amount between about 0.001% and about 0.5% of said diet fed over a period of time comprising between 1 day and 10 weeks, said amount effective to decrease the body fat softening effect of UFA, without a reduction in carcass belly fat melting point and without an increase in IV.
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