3571 results about "Animal feed" patented technology

A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An acetic acid intermediate is produced from carbohydrates, such as corn, using enzymatic milling and fermentation steps, followed by conversion of the acetic acid into ethanol using esterification and hydrogenation reactions. Coproducts can include corn oil, and high protein animal feed containing the biomass produced in the fermentation.

A highly automated method and system for providing individual animal electronic identification, measurement and value based management of cattle in a large cattle feedlot. Through the use of (1) a computer system integrated with (2) automatic individual animal identification (3) multiple measurement and remeasurement systems with automatic data input and (4) a cattle handling and sorting system, animals are individually (a) identified and (b) measured by weight, external dimensions and characteristics of internal body tissue. With this information together with animal physiological characteristics and historical data, the computer system calculates the optimum (c) slaughter weight, (d) economic end point and (e) marketing date for shipment to a packing plant. After measurement, individual animals are (f) sorted by direction of the computer in response to calculations from the measurements. The computer system also calculates from individual animal data and other data (g) each animal's pro rata share of total feed intake for the animal's feed group. The computer system (h) stores individual animal measurement, performance and location data, which is used by management to (i) select animals for shipment from the feedlot for slaughter at the optimum time. Following an animal's shipment to a slaughter facility, its identification in the computer system is used to (j) correlate the live animal physical characteristics and performance data to the measured and evaluated carcass characteristics data obtained during the slaughter process and (k) build a data base to more accurately identify and measure value-based characteristics in subsequent animals produced and fed for more effective value-based selection and management of those animals.

A process for the heterotrophic or predominantly heterotrophic production of whole-celled or extracted microbial products with a high concentration of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, producible in an aerobic culture under controlled conditions using biologically pure cultures of heterotrophic single-celled fungi microorganisms of the order Thraustochytriales. The harvested whole-cell microbial product can be added to processed foods as a nutritional supplement, or to fish and animal feeds to enhance the omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acid content of products produced from these animals. The lipids containing these fatty acids can also be extracted and used in nutritional, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.

A process for coating a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-containing carrier particle or a PUFA matrix particle, or a liquid pharmaceutical-containing carrier particle or a liquid pharmaceutical matrix particle. Also disclosed are such particles made by the process of the invention and foods, pharmaceuticals, beverages, nutritional supplements, infant formula, pet food and animal feed with incorporate such particles.

An automated feeding system for pets with special diets includes a feeder dish which is made accessible to a pet only when an ID tag on the pet is recognized as authorized by a receiver on the device and only for a certain time period. The appropriate amount of food is thereby made available at appropriate time intervals. If a plurality of tags is pre-programmed as authorized, each animal's tag can sequentially activate the feeding device to feed each animal, respectively. However, if more than one authorized tag is present in the feeding time set for one animal, the drawer closes.

The present invention provides compositions and methods designed to increase value output of a fermentation reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a business method of increasing value output of a fermentation plant. The present invention also provides a modified fermentation residual of higher commercial value. Also provided in the present invention are complete animal feeds, nutritional supplements comprising the subject ferment residuals. Further provided by the present invention is a method of performing fermentation, a modified fermentative microorganism and a genetic vehicle for modifying such microorganism.

A process for the treatment of biomass to render structural carbohydrates more accessible and / or digestible using concentrated ammonium hydroxide with or without anhydrous ammonia addition, is described. The process preferably uses steam to strip ammonia from the biomass for recycling. The process yields of monosaccharides from the structural carbohydrates are good, particularly as measured by the enzymatic hydrolysis of the structural carbohydrates. The monosaccharides are used as animal feeds and energy sources for ethanol production.

A method for the production of ethanol and a modified animal feed is provided. The method replaces the starch in known corn-based animal feed with biomass fiber treated to make it more digestible by animals. The process includes wherein the pericarp and germ are removed from the corn kernel and processed for by-products. The starch and protein are also removed and separated. The starch is then fermented and distilled to ethanol and stillage. The bioavailable modified animal feed comprises the pericarp and germ removed from corn kernels and optionally by-products of the pericarp and germ processing, and lignocellulosic materials. The modified animal feed may optionally include energy materials such as animal and vegetable fats, vegetable soapstocks, or glycerin, and combinations thereof.

The invention relates to an animal feed composite microecologic agent. The invention is formed by mixing composite microorganism powders, oligose, an auxiliary protective vector and a flavor composition, and comprises the total mass percents of1.0-30% of the composite microorganism powders, 5.0-35% of the oligose, 35-70% of the auxiliary protective vector and 0.1-0.2% of vanillic aldehyde, wherein, the composite microorganism powders select one or the combination of more than one of lactobacillus, yeast, bacillus and lactococcus; the oligose selects one or the combination of more than one of oligoisomaltose, soybean oligosaccharides and inulin; the auxiliary protective vector selects one or the combination of more than one of cornstarch, corncob, rapeseed cake powders and maltodextrin. The invention has the advantage that: live bacteria and oligose contained in the invention have the effect for prominently improving microecologic environment of entire intestines and aiding in digestion, and the invention has a plurality of advantages of preventing and treating intestinal diseases, enhancing the utilization rate of digestion of feed, promoting animal to grow fast and eradicating antibiotic additives.

The present invention describes a process for at least a 90% conversion of a plant biomass preferably by a reduction of the units of cellulase needed and by using a xylanase which acts synergistically with the cellulase to improve the yield of xylose and glucose as sugars. The process enables greater conversion of a lignocellulosic plant biomass to glucose and xylose for use as animal feeds and as fermentation as medium for producing ethanol.

The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated acids (i.e., "elongases") and to uses thereof. At least two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acids. In particular, elongase is utilized in the conversion of gamma linolenic acid (GLA) to dihomogamma linolenic acid (DGLA) and in the conversion of AA to adrenic acid (ADA), or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to omega3-docosapentaenoic acid (DPA). DGLA may be utilized in the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as arachidonic acid (AA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), EPA, adrenic acid, omega6-docosapentaenoic acid or omega3-docosapentaenoic acid which may be added to pharmaceutical compositions, nutritional compositions, animal feeds, as well as other products such as cosmetics.

Provided herein are molecular methods for assessing the state of gastrointestinal microflora of an animal, especially a species of poultry, and methods for identifying probiotic bacteria by comparing certain bacteria present in animals fed a diet not containing antibiotics but absent or present in significantly lower numbers in animals fed a diet containing antibiotics.

The present invention relates to the production of a highly digestible, high protein product (high protein distillers dried grains or high protein DDG) from corn endosperm, and more particularly to a method for the recovery of high protein DDG by using: (i) dehulling and degermination to isolate a low fat, low fiber corn endosperm fraction, (ii) enzymatic hydrolysis to solubilize and alcoholic fermentation to assimilate the starch and non-starch carbohydrates present in the corn endosperm, and (iii) filtration and / or centrifugation to recover the dealcoholized insoluble solids that remain after fermentation of the corn endosperm. The present invention provides an alternative to the traditional dry mill method of processing corn to produce ethanol, and results in the production and recovery of a distillers' by-product (high protein DDG) with increased value and range of use as an ingredient in feeds for farm-raised ruminants and non-ruminants and pet foods. The product of the present invention contains less than about 2.0 weight percent starch, from about 55.0 to about 65.0 weight percent protein, from about 4.5 to about 7.5 weight percent fat, from about 3.0 to about 5.0 weight percent crude fiber, and from about 78.0 to about 90.0 percent total digestible nutrients, and improves the palatability and digestibility of animal feeds and / or pet foods into which it is incorporated, and aids in the management of the health and weight gain of the animal.

Improved extruders and methods for the extrusion cooking of comestible products such as human foods or animal feeds are provided wherein the products may be produced with very low specific mechanical energy (SME) inputs as compared with conventional processing. The methods preferably involve introduction of very high levels of steam into the extruder barrel (12) during processing, which concomitantly reduces necessary SME inputs required to achieve desired cook and expansion levels in the products. In accordance with the invention, fully-cooked pet foods can be fabricated with SME inputs of up to about 18 kWhr / T, whereas aquatic feeds can be fabricated with SME inputs of up to about 16 kWhr / T. In preferred forms, the extruder (10) includes specially configured, intermeshed extrusion screws (18, 20) and a plurality of obliquely oriented steam inlets (48, 50), and an upstream, dual-shaft preconditioner (90) is used having individual variable frequency drives (98, 100) which allow infinite variablility in the speed and rotational direction of the preconditioner shafts (94, 96).

The invention relates to a feed for early weaned piglets, which belongs to the field of the feed. Main ingredients of the feed comprise expanded corn, full-fat soybean, fat powder, steam fish meal, acidified whey powder, fermented soybean meal, a complex enzyme preparation, a micro-ecological preparation, amino acids, complex vitamins, complex trace elements and the like. The digestive physiological characteristics of the weaned piglets are fully considered on the selection and the processing of raw materials, thereby greatly improving the palatability and the digestion rate of the feed; simultaneously, through the synergistic compatibility of an egg yolk antibody, lactein, sodium humate and the complex micro-ecological preparation, the diarrhea rate of the weaned piglets is reduced, the effects are superior to those of adding antibiotics into the feed, and the feed is the green, environmentally-friendly and nuisanceless feed. An animal feeding experiment proves that the feeding effects are ideal, the palatability is good, the piglets after weaning are high in average feed intake, fast in daily weight gain and low in diarrhea rate, and the feed has a good promoting effect for growth and health conditions of the weaned piglets and can meet the demands of most of raisers at present.

An automated animal feed consumption monitoring system comprises an enclosure having a quantity of feed therein. A sensor detects an animal's entry into a stall adjacent the enclosure and activates the system to record the entry time and entry weight of the feed. An RFID reader, by means of an RFID antenna located along the path of movement of the animal's RFID tag, identifies the specific animal that has entered the stall to feed. When the animal leaves the stall, the exit time and exit weight of the feed are recorded.

An animal feed support stand includes a plurality of elongated support legs. A protective housing is mounted on the legs, and defines an open bottom adapted for receiving an above-ground feed container for storing and dispensing animal feed. A carriage carries the feed container. A hoist cable moves the carriage vertically between a lowered fill position, whereby the feed container is located beneath the protective housing for filling, and a raised feed-dispensing position, whereby the feed container is located within the protective housing for dispensing feed to a ground surface below.

The invention discloses an enterococcus faecium and application thereof. An enterococcus faecium strain provided by the invention is enterococcus faecium suppressant 80, and the collection number is CGMCC No.5058. As proved by experiments, the enterococcus faecium suppressant 80 is obtained by separating, identifying and screening; and the enterococcus faecium suppressant 80 has high resistance, high bacterial resistance and probiotic characteristics, and can be taken as an additive for preparing animal feeds; and the animals include but is not limited to various animals such as pigs, cows, sheep, chicken and the like. The feeds have similar functions to antibiotic feeds, but do not have the side effects of the antibiotic feeds.

Plant nucleic acid compositions encoding polypeptide products with diacylglyceride acyltransferase (DGAT) activity, as well as the polypeptide products encoded thereby and methods for producing the same, are provided. Methods and compositions for modulating DGAT activity in a plant, particularly DGAT activity in plant seeds, and transgenic plants with altered DGAT activity are provided. Such plants and seeds are useful in the production of human food and animal feedstuff, and have several other industrial applications. Also provided are methods for making triglycerides and triglyceride compositions, as well as the compositions produced by these methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including research, medicine, agriculture and industry.

The production and use, and in particular, the extraction, separation, synthesis and recovery of polar lipid-rich fractions containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA(n-3) or DPA(n-6)), arachidonic acid (ARA), and eicosatetraneonoic acid (C20:4n-3) from microorganisms, genetically modified seeds and marine organisms (including fish and squid) and their use in human food applications, animal feed, pharmaceutical applications and cosmetic applications.

The present invention provides for the expression of phytase in transgenic plants or plant organs and methods for the production of such plants. DNA expression constructs are provided for the transformation of plants with a gene encoding phytase under the control of regulatory sequences which are capable of directing the expression of phytase. These regulatory sequences include sequences capable of directing transcription in plants, either constitutively, or stage and / or tissue specific, depending on the use of the plant or parts thereof. The transgenic plants and plant organs provided by the present invention may be applied to a variety of industrial processes either directly, e.g. in animal feeds or alternatively, the expressed phytase may be extracted and if desired, purified before application.

The subject invention relates to the identification of four genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. Two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acids. In particular, elongase is utilized in the conversion of gamma linolenic acid (GLA) to dihomogamma linolenic acid (DGLA) and in the conversion of DGLA or 20:4n-3 to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). DGLA may be utilized in the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as arachidonic acid (AA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), EPA, adrenic acid, ω6-docosapentaenoic acid or ω3-docosapentaenoic acid which may be added to pharmaceutical compositions, nutritional compositions, animal feeds, as well as other products such as cosmetics.

The invention relates to a catering garbage reutilization method. It separates the liquid and the solid garbage and acidify them, then separate oil and water to get waste oil grease and sewage, using the waste grease synthesizing into biological diesel, processing the sewage to the required standard, crushing and grinding the solid, which are mixed with water to generate alcohol, batching, sterilizing, fermenting and drying the animal fodder. In this way, it can realize harmless processing of food waste, with zero discharge and enclosed green production.

The invention discloses a preparation method for a formaldehyde-free protein adhesive, mainly comprising the following steps: 1) adding a protein-containing raw material and water and stirring at room temperature; 2) adding acidity-adjusting agent for reaction at 20-40 DEG C; 3) adding enhancer for reaction at 20-50 DEG C; and 4) adding preservative and stirring at room temperature to obtain the formaldehyde-free protein adhesive. In the invention, the adhesive is prepared based on protein-containing by-products of plants or animals, has the characteristics of low cost, wide source, renewability and the like, does not contain formaldehyde, has no toxicity, is environmental friendly and has superior market prospect. In addition, the existing degreased miscellaneous meal for low value-added product of animal feed, fertilizers and the like can be developed into high value-added products, thus providing a new way for development of environmental-friendly biomass-based wood adhesive and resource utilization of industrial by-products.

Materials and methods are provided for growing algae while maintaining culture selectivity. Algae that can be grown include, for example, green algae such as those of the genus Scenedesmus. Lipid obtained from the algae can be used to produce biofuels such as biodiesel or polyunsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3 fatty acids. Feedstocks such as animal feed and aquaculture feed can also be produced as can phytonutrients such as asataxanthin and beta-carotene.