Macromineral dietary factors in ruminant nutrition
US6299913A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S426/807
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention provides a feedstock for improving the lactational performance of dairy cows. An essential feature of an invention feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value between about 25-60 meq/100 g dietary DM. Other essential features of a preferred feedstock are an atomic ratio of potassium:sodium between about 1-5:1, a weight ratio of potassium:magnesium between about 3-5:1, and DCAD sodium-containing and potassium-containing macrominerals are selected from bicarbonate, carbonate and sesquicarbonate type compounds.
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