INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMAL FEED COMPOSITIONS

• US 20150010671A1
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deinove
• Original Assignee: Deinove
• Inventors: Leonetti, Jean-Paul, Gaufres, Laure, Hivin, Patrick, Krel, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,820,610 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/2
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/12 by fermentation of natural products, e.g. of vegetable material, animal waste material or biomass
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/18 of live microorganisms
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/26 from waste material, e.g. feathers, bones or skin A23K10/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/30 from material of plant origin, e.g. roots, seeds or hay; from material of fungal origin, e.g. mushrooms obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes, e.g. using yeasts or enzymes, A23K10/10
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/32 from hydrolysates of wood or straw
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/37 from waste material from hydrolysates of wood or straw A23K10/32; from molasses A23K10/33
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/00 Accessory food factors for animal feeding-stuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/147 Polymeric derivatives, e.g. peptides or proteins
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/10 for ruminants
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/30 for swines
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/75 for poultry
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/80 for aquatic animals, e.g. fish, crustaceans or molluscs
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/818 Alternative feeds for fish, e.g. in aquacultures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/87 Re-use of by-products of food processing for fodder production

Abstract

The present invention relates to ingredients for animal feed compositions for enhancing animal growth and/or animal health. The invention also relates to methods for producing such ingredients and feed compositions. The methods of the invention further allow improving the palatableness and/or digestibility of feed compositions. More specifically, the invention describes the use of a mix of Deinococcus or related bacteria and biomass as a supply of organic constituents in feed compositions.

Claims

1. An ingredient for feedstuff comprising a mix of biomass and a Deinococcus or Deinococcus-related bacterium, said biomass being at least partially digested by said Deinococcus or related bacterium.

19. The ingredient for feedstuff of claim 1, wherein the biomass comprises lignocellulosic biomass.

20. The ingredient for feedstuff of claim 19, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass is selected from cereal bean, wheat bean, vegetal cattle cake, rapeseed cattle cake, soybean cattle cake, sugar cane and derivatives thereof, corn, sugarbeet, miscanthus, switch grass, hemp, poplar, willow, and sorghum.

21. The ingredient for feedstuff of claim 1, wherein the biomass comprises proteins which are at least partially hydrolyzed by said Deinococcus or related bacterium.

22. The ingredient for feedstuff of claim 21, wherein the biomass comprises proteins selected from beet pulp, soybeans, alfalfa and chicken feathers.

23. A feedstuff composition comprising the ingredient of claim 1 and one or several additional ingredients.

35. A method of feeding animals comprising providing a feedstuff according to claim 23 to an animal.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein said feedstuff contains amino acids.

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24. A method of producing a feedstuff ingredient comprising contacting biomass with a Deinococcus or related bacteria and digesting said biomass, said biomass being at least partially digested by said Deinococcus or related bacteria.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the biomass comprises lignocellulosic biomass.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the biomass contains proteins.

27. A method for preparing a feedstuff comprising submitting a biomass to at least partial digestion by Deinococcus or related bacteria to obtain a mix and formulating said mix as ingredient for feedstuff.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein said biomass is a lignocellulosic biomass.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass is selected from cereal bean, wheat bean, vegetal cattle cake, rapeseed cattle cake, soybean cattle cake, sugar cane and derivatives thereof, corn, sugarbeet, miscanthus, switch grass, hemp, poplar, willow, and sorghum.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the biomass comprises proteins.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said proteins are obtained from beet pulp, soybeans, alfalfa or chicken feathers.

32. A method for improving the nutritive value of a biomass, comprising subjecting said biomass to at least partial digestion by a Deinococcus or related bacterium.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising allowing the growth of Deinococcus or related bacteria in said biomass.

34. A method for improving the palatableness and/or digestibility of a biomass, comprising subjecting said biomass to at least partial digestion by a Deinococcus or related bacterium, in order to at least partially degrade complex sugar of said biomass.