Method for feeding steers and heifers
US5236718A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S426/807
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Method for controlling the amount of feedstuff ingested by steers and heifers provided with feedstuff ad libitum without decreasing the rate of weight gain. In this method, steers and heifers are fed sorbitol, preferably in an amount of from 10 g to 250 g per day, to control the amount of feedstuff ingested without reducing rate of gain.
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