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US 9,789,143 B2Granted
Use of tall oil fatty acid
AssigneeHankkija Oy
InventorsJuhani Vuorenmaa, Hannele Kettunen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to use of a tall oil fatty acid in enhancing rumen fermentation and/or lowering rumen methane production. The invention further relates to use of a feed supplement and a feed composition comprising tall oil fatty acid.
Claims9
A method of enhancing rumen fermentation and/or lowering rumen methane production, the method comprising:
- administering to an animal a feed and 0.00001-0.5% of a feed supplement by weight of the feed, the feed supplement comprising a tall oil fatty acid, wherein the tall oil fatty acid comprises 1-10 wt-% resin acids.
A tall oil fatty acid wherein the tall oil fatty acid is dried.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.