Compositions for improving nitrogen utilization in a ruminant

US11957139B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Evonik Operations GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Haeussner · Eppertshausen, DE
• Georg Borchers · Bad Nauheim, DE
• Frank Fischer · Hofheim, DE
• Lucas Geist · Neuses, DE
• Christoph Kobler · Alzenau, DE
• Cornelia Borgmann · Frankfurt, DE
• Javier Martin-Tereso Lopez · Nijmegen, NL
• Isabela Pena Carvalho De Carvalho · Amersfoort, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/87
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are compositions comprising NPN compound coated with a bypass agent allowing ruminal bypass of the composition and a method for increasing fiber digestibility, a method for increasing feed intake, a method for increasing somatic growth, a method for increasing milk production, a method for reducing N excretion in a ruminant, a method for improving rumen pH stability in a ruminant, a method for preventing or reducing ammonia toxicity in the rumen. The compositions and methods of the invention are particularly suitable for ruminants that are held in harsh climates and/or at remote locations from a farm.