Ruminant feedstock dietary supplement

US8182851B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Church & Dwight Co., Inc. · US

Inventors

• Edward Roman · New Egypt, US
• Robert Hendel · Minnetonka, US
• Phillip Alan Forsythe · Florence, US
• Steven A. Bolkan · Hopewell, US
• William J. Zuccarello · Cream Ridge, US
• Zbigniew Senk · Bayonne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2009
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/807
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention provides a control release formulation or rumen-bypass dietary supplement in compacted form. The formulation or supplement has the capability to transport fatty acid calcium salt and between about 1-75 percent of one or more rumen-protected undegraded biologically active agents to the post-ruminal digestive system of a ruminant. A feedstock containing the formulation or supplement for ruminants beneficially improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle.