Method for increasing breast meat yields in poultry
US6174558A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S426/807
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A poultry feed composition including protein, vitamins and minerals, and a source of carbohydrates from the group consisting of soybean meals and corn supplemented with an .alpha.-galactosidase that catalyzes the degradation of the galactoside. The addition of the .alpha.-galactosidase increases the ratio of gain to feed, increases the amount of white meat, or decreases the amount of fat deposited during growth of a chicken fed the feed composition, relative to the chicken fed on an identical feed composition absent the .alpha.-galactosidase.
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