599 results about "Ruminant animal" patented technology

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.

The present invention provides a bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal's reticulum, comprising at least one pressure sensor (e.g. acoustic sensor and pressure transducer) configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof; a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream indicative of the overall pressure signal to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal; and a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto. The invention also provides a method for monitoring health condition of a ruminant animal and a system therefore, making use of the bolus of the invention.

An apparatus, system, and method enable monitoring of one or more physiological conditions in an animal including pH. A monitor may take the form of a bolus that may be installed in a stomach of an animal such as in a reticulorumen of a ruminant animal. The monitor may include sensors for detecting one or more of the pH, temperature, pressure, and position. The monitor includes a power source and electronics for processing, storing, and transmitting signals representing the physiological conditions detected by the sensor(s). The monitor may include first and second portions that are releasably joined, and that may support respective components for ease of assembly during manufacture and servicing. The monitor may form part of a system having a receiver for receiving and interpreting the signals from the monitor. The method includes installing the monitor in an animal and monitoring the animal by detecting physiological characteristics.

A system for monitoring physiological parameters within the stomachs of ruminant animals and including two primary interdependent components. Both components are linked by radio frequency communication and software designed specifically for this application. The first component is a sensing transceiver, battery power and electric components hereafter referred to as the device that is tethered by a cord to a weight in the form of a conventional cow magnet. The second component includes both stationary and portable readers / transmitters capable of initiating radio frequency communication with the device(s) for receiving data from them and sending data to them. Software residing in both components utilizes digitized data and operating commands for transmission between the components, for storing selected data and program commands and manipulating the data for viewing, hearing and related analysis.

A dual-effect microbial feed additive for ruminant is prepared through pulverizing corn, steaming, liquefying, saccharified, inoculating lactobacillus acidophilus and saccharomyce cerevisiae, fermenting to obtain living bacterium preparation, culturing bacillus subtilis, aspergillus oryzae and aspergillus niger in the culture medium prepared from corn, bran and soybean dregs, fermenting to obtain composite enzyme preparation, and proportionally mixing said living bacterium preparation with said composite enzyme preparation. It can promote the growth and health of ruminant and increase the utilization rate of feed.

The invention discloses a method for producing a complex micro-ecological preparation with microbial agents and enzyme. According to the action principles and characteristics of every microbial strain, the method adopts scientific combination and adds enzyme preparations and acidifier to enable microorganisms in the product to grow rapidly and take dominance in fermented feed and animal bodies so as to reduce the growth opportunity of miscellaneous bacteria. The preparation comprises the following components: bacillus subtilis, lactobacillus plantarum, candida utilis yeast, lactobacillus acidophilus, protease, amylase, cellulase, xylanase, mannanase, galactosidase, pectinase and citric acid. As all strains of the product adopt liquid deep fermentation culture, the non-polluting property of the product is guaranteed. Liquid microbial agents ensure that the number of bacterial colonies of the product is more than 100 million and the product is free from the pollution of other miscellaneous bacteria, while solid microbial agents ensure that the number of bacterial colonies of the product is more than 1 billion and the proportion of miscellaneous bacteria to effective bacteria is not more than 0.0001. The preparation contains bacillus, lactic acid bacteria and yeast, can apply to the processes of making green-yellow storage feed, fermenting feed, soaking feed, and the like, can be directly added to feed for feeding, and can improve the growth performance of ruminant animals, poultry, pigs, aquatic products and special animals.

This invention describes feed supplement, and processes which increase the amount of essential fatty acids in the milk, eggs, meat and other by-products from animals including dairy cattle, beef cattle, goats and poultry. The food supplement described herein includes specific fish meal, fish oil, algae or plant dietary supplements combined with a natural ingredient / coating mixture, which can be either talc, clay or combinations; or mixtures of talc or clay with flax sprout powder to achieve enhanced levels of the essential fatty acids in the milk, eggs, meat and processed livestock products from animals fed this dietary supplement. In ruminants, the natural ingredient / coating mixture prevents microbial degradation of the essential fatty acids in the rumen stomach of the animals fed with this composition, thus providing more of the essential fatty acids to the animal, for their use. This in turn results in improved concentrations in the milk, meat and processed products from these animals. Poultry fed with this food supplement also have a higher concentration of essential fatty acids in their eggs and meat.

The invention relates to a biological detection reagent capable of discriminating three types of ruminant animal varieties simultaneously, a preparation method and an application thereof. The invention selects the specificity of the cow, goat and sheep, and the conservative sequence segment of conservative mitochondrial gene as target, applies Primer Eexpress 3.0 software and Primer Select software in DNAStar, and designs and synthesizes a plurality of groups of primers and probes. After being synthesized and marked, the plurality of pairs of designed primers and the probes are carried out best pairing screening experiment so as to obtain the fittest combination of primers and probes. The reagent contains two pairs of specificity primers, and three Taq Man probes, wherein one pair of theprimer aims at cow source components, the other pair of primer aims at common primers of goats and sheep source component detection; the three probes are respective source components to the cows, thegoats and the sheep; and the amplified target fragment length to the source component detection of the cows, the goats and the sheep is respectively 92bp, 136bp and 136bp. The triple Taq Man fluorescence PCR detection method can simultaneously carry out accurate quantitative detection to the source components of the cows, the goats and the sheep, has simple and convenient operation, intuitive result, strong specificity, high sensitivity and good repeatability and can realize high throughput detection of various source components.

A process for the utilization of the methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation, specifically to a process that utilizes the methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation as a source of carbon and / or energy for the production of methane-utilizing microorganisms in a microorganism growth-and-harvest apparatus.

A method and system for monitoring the physiological condition, and / or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, by: sensing actions of the animal indicating a ruminating activity; and accumulating the time of the ruminating activities over a predetermined time period to provide an indication of the physiological condition of the animal, and / or of desirable changes in its feed for maximizing milk production and / or for maintaining animal health. In one described preferred embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are chewing actions produced by the animal while chewing animal feed according to a predetermined chewing rhythm indicating a ruminating activity as distinguished from an eating activity. In a second described embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are regurgitations of a bolus from the animal's rumen to the animal's mouth sensed by a collar around the animal's neck.

A method that accounts for environmental factors by measuring the starch and fiber degradation characteristics of a variety of genetically different crop plants and grain from crop plants in real time to determine how the crop plants should be conserved, processed and blended into a feed formulation that results in optimum productivity of the ruminant animal. A method further including determining starch digestibility characteristics of a set of crop plant samples comprising grain of said crop plant; developing a prediction equation based on said starch digestibility characteristics, obtaining a grain sample from a crop plant, determining in real time starch digestibility characteristics by NIRS of said sample by inputting data from said NIRS into said equation, storing and / or milling said grain on an identity preserved basis, and determining the amount of said crop plant to incorporate into a feed formulation based on the starch digestibility characteristics.

A process for the utilization of the methane produced by enteric fermentation, specifically to a process that utilizes methane produced by ruminant animals through enteric fermentation as a source of carbon and / or energy for the directed production of methane-based goods or processes is provided.

A digestion promoter for a ruminant animal for promoting digestion of feed in a stomach of the ruminant animal, containing, as a main component, electrolyzed weak alkaline water produced in an electrolytic cell with an ion-permeable membrane. A breeding method of a ruminant animal, providing plants as feed for the ruminant animal with drinking water containing, as a main component, electrolyzed weak alkaline water produced in an electrolytic cell with an ion-permeable membrane.

A system for identifying a ruminant, which is being milked. The system includes a transmitter attached to a hind leg of the ruminant and the transmitter transmits a predefined signal, which identifies the ruminant to which the transmitter is attached. The system includes at least one teat cup on which is attached an antenna to receive the signal with which to identify the animal. The teat cup is positionable on the ruminant's teat. A method for using the system is taught as is a teat cup having an antenna fixed thereon.

An ethanol unit and anaerobic digestion / bio-fertilizer unit are integrated with a cattle feedlot (or dairy operation), wherein a continuous, balanced process yields a sanitary, low- to zero-pollution, and economically efficient production of “clean beef” (or milk), fuel ethanol, and bio-gas / bio-fertilizer. Fossil fuel consumption is substantially reduced, even eliminated, and 100% of the cattle waste is treated in digesters wherein it is converted into medium-BTU gas (bio-gas), organic fertilizer and bio-compost. The ethanol unit serves the purposes of ethanol production, grain pretreatment to produce feed for the cattle and production of a thin stillage which is fed to the digesters. The grain is first processed in the ethanol unit, where the starch portion is converted into ethanol and CO2. The remaining portion is separated into the thin stillage and a wet cake which is fed directly to cattle as a superior ruminant animal ration which displaces certain traditional feed components, alters the standard starch to protein ratio, and significantly improves conversion efficiencies and meat / milk quality.

A feed delivery system for a dairy farm wherein a third-party supplier of the system can provide the dairy farm with lists of approved hybrids for the feed components, necessary information inputs for practicing the feed method, and all or a portion of its component needs for the feed ration corresponding to a feed ration that contains: at least one primary forge source selected from the group consisting of brown midrib corn silage, dual-purpose corn silage, leafy corn silage, and grass silage; a secondary forage source selected from the group consisting of dual-purpose corn silage, alfalfa haylage, alfalfa dry hay, grass silage, and alfalfa / grass mix; a corn grain of floury and / or vitreous endosperm starch grain into which normal dent corn or mutt corn may be blended in order to achieve a predetermined level of in vitro starch digestibility; such grain component being further processed to produce a specific particle size of the blended starch. The feed delivery system can also provide the dairy farm with real-time characterizations of at least some of its feed ingredients, and re-penning strategies for maximizing the milk productivity of the cows.

This invention relates to dietary supplement compositions, foodstuffs (e.g., animal feed) comprising the same and methods of utilizing the same. In particular, the invention provides ruminant dietary supplement compositions (e.g., comprising a protein extract (e.g., a crude protein extract (e.g., a bacterial or yeast extract))) having a specific nitrogen and / or amino acid profile and a small particle size, methods of manufacturing the same, and compositions containing and methods of using the same (e.g., as a liquid or dry dietary supplement composition or as a component of a foodstuff (e.g., animal feed) to increase ruminant protein and amino acid absorption).

The present invention is related to an animal feed product for ruminant animals containing urea as a source of non-protein nitrogen and a method for forming the same. The animal feed product includes urea which has been crushed from a large size prill or granule prior to pelleting with other animal feed components. The resulting composition has improved storage and processing properties.

A method that accounts for environmental factors by measuring the starch and fiber degradation characteristics of a variety of genetically different crop plants and grain from crop plants in real time to determine how the crop plants should be conserved, processed and blended into a feed formulation that results in optimum productivity of the ruminant animal. A method further including determining starch digestibility characteristics of a set of crop plant samples comprising grain of said crop plant; developing a prediction equation based on said starch digestibility characteristics, obtaining a grain sample from a crop plant, determining in real time starch digestibility characteristics by NIRS of said sample by inputting data from said NIRS into said equation, storing and / or milling said grain on an identity preserved basis, and determining the amount of said crop plant to incorporate into a feed formulation based on the starch digestibility characteristics.

The present invention is based on the discovery that moist heat treated ruminant animal feed compositions comprising a fermentation biomass, have increased amounts of proteinaceous matter that escapes fermentation within the rumen. The ruminant animal feed compositions may further comprise, alone or in combination, one or more of an isolated enzyme, an organic acid, a gluten protein, at least one divalent metal ion and at least one plant extract. The proteinaceous matter may then be digested or metabolized in the post-rumen portions of the ruminant digestive system, thereby providing further increased energy and protein levels for ruminant animals during times of increased productivity. Compositions and methods of manufacture of the compositions of the embodiments of the present disclosure are disclosed.

This invention provides a rumen-bypass dietary supplement in compacted particulate form. The supplement has the capability to transport fatty acid calcium salt and between about 65-96 percent of rumen-protected undegraded aminoacid content to the post-ruminal digestive system of a ruminant. A feedstock containing the supplement for ruminants benefically improves feed efficiency and body growth. The feedstock also is adapted to improve the lactational performance of dairy cattle.

The present invention relates to a controlled dosage release element adapted to be inserted into and retained in the rumen of a ruminant animal. The element comprises: a) one or more discrete and predetermined amounts of at least a first formulation comprising at least a first active agent, the formulation being adapted to dissolve in rumen fluids at a rate such that dissolution of each of the one or more amounts of first formulation provides a short or pulsed episode of release of the first active agent into the rumen; and b) one or more predetermined amounts of at least a second formulation adapted to dissolve at a controlled rate in rumen fluids; wherein the one or more amounts of first formulation are provided at one or more predetermined locations within the element relative to said one or more amounts of second formulation for one or more delayed releases of at least the first active agent into the rumen at predetermined times before, during, after, or any combination thereof, of a predetermined extended time period defined by said second formulation. The invention also relates to a method for delivering at least a first active agent to the rumen of a ruminant animal in a delayed manner at one or more predetermined times after administration to the animal of a composition containing the active agent, the method comprising administering to the animal a controlled dosage release element according to the invention. The first active agent will typically be for the treatment, prophylaxis or both of a diseased or infested state in a ruminant animal, or for altering the physiological status of a ruminant animal.

Generally, an animal monitoring device configured as a bolus for oral administration to reside in the reticulorumen of a ruminant animal having a memory element, a processor in communication with the memory element and a computer code contained in the memory element including a power management module executable by the processor to regulate power use by the bolus based on determination of remaining energy stored in an energy source and the determined power requirements over a pre-determined life cycle of the bolus.

The invention relates to a breeding method of feeding non-protective amino acid to early-weaning lambs, feedstuff and a preparation method thereof. The breeding method is realized in a way as follows: starting to feed the non-protective amino acid feedstuff for early-weaning lambs to the lambs after early weaning. The invention changes the traditional concept and breeding method for early-weaninglambs without consideration on the amino acid nutrients. The method of feeding non-protective amino acid to early-weaning lambs can greatly (about 20%) enhance the growth rate of early-weaning fat lambs, and obviously increase the daily gain, carcass weight, meat weight, lean meat weight and lean meat percentage of lambs, thereby proving that the method of directly feeding non-protective amino acid to early-weaning lambs is a simple and effective breeding method for enhancing the lamb productivity. The invention is not only suitable for lambs, but also suitable for oxen, deer, camels and other young ruminant animals.

The invention belongs to the field of feed processing and particularly provides ruminant animal fat powder. The ruminant animal fat powder is prepared by matching hexadecanoic acid, high-melting-point palm oil, soybean concentrated phospholipids and the like as main fat raw materials with a carrier. The ruminant animal fat powder has no influence on normal physiological activity of microflora in ruminant animal rumen, can pass through the rumen, can be converted into an absorbed form under the actions of chemistry and enzyme in abomasums and duodenum of a digestion system and is digested, absorbed and utilized by small intestine. The product prepared by a formula and a processing technique of the invention is favorable in flowing property and can be mixed to the feed by adopting corresponding dosage stirring according to the requirement of animal nutrition; and the product is convenient and practical and is convenient for storage and transportation.

Described is a method of measuring fiber digestion in ruminants and calibrating spectrophotometers using the measured fiber digestion values. The method includes the steps of harvesting rumen fluid from at least one ruminant animal and combining the rumen fluid with a primer composition comprising a carbohydrate. The rumen fluid and carbohydrate are then incubated in a sealed container until a pre-determined pressure is achieved within the sealed container. A plant matter sample is digested with the rumen fluid so treated. The digested sample is the measured for absorbance or reflectance using a spectrophotometer. The digestion values and the absorbance or reflectance values are then correlated to construct a standard curve for predicting fiber digestion values using spectrophotometric analysis, preferably NIRS analysis.

Methods for reducing pests (e.g., nematodes, oomycetes, fungi, viruses) in an object or area by applying to the object or area a pest reducing effective amount of a composition containing hydrogen peroxide, orange terpene oil, orange valencia oil, at least one non-ionic emulsifier, distilled water or deionized water, and optionally hydrogen peroxide. Methods for treating gastrointestinal nematode infection in ruminant animals by administering to a ruminant animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition containing orange terpene oil, orange valencia oil, at least one non-ionic emulsifier, distilled water or deionized water, and optionally hydrogen peroxide.

The present invention provides a combination of antioxidants that effectively stabilize different types of fats utilized in a ruminant diet. When included in a ruminant feed ration or water source, the antioxidant combination typically increases nutrient digestion, such as fiber and protein, improves rumen fermentation, improves microbial growth, improves microbial efficiency, increases milk production and / or milk fat, improves antioxidant status of the ruminant, and attenuates the negative effects of some fats in the ruminant animal.