Lipid encapsulated feed supplement and process for producing same
First Claim
1. A process of feeding ruminant animals a feed supplement comprising:
- (1) feeding the ruminant animals a composite feed supplement comprising a nutrient composition in an amount effective to increase milk fat, meat and milk production without causing digestive disturbance made by the process consisting of;
(a) adjusting the pH to from about 9.6 to about 12.5 of an aqueous medium containing blood or milk whey in a sufficient amount to provide at least about 6 weight percent albumin;
(b) dispersing globules of a nutrient lipid within said aqueous medium in an amount in the range of from about 5 to about 20% of the resulting dispersion;
(c) heating the resulting dispersion at a temperature effective to form a gel;
(d) recovering said gel of said nutrient lipid microencapsulated by said albumin; and
(2) allowing the supplement to be ingested by the ruminant animals and passed through the rumen and become digested in the abomasum and lower gut and thereby assimilated by the ruminant animals.
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Abstract
A particulate composition which can be used as a fertilizer or feed or food additive for animals or humans is provided which comprises microencapsulated lipids in albumin. A process is also provided for making such composition which includes forming a dispersion or emulsion of globules of nutrient lipid within an aqueous albumin containing medium and thereafter forming a gel. The resulting gel can then be dried to form the particulate nutrient composition. This process is especially applicable in the use of animal blood as the source of albumin and provides for significant reduction of odors commonly associated with the drying of blood and thus represents a pollution control measure. The process can make a particulate nutrient feed additive or supplement which when fed to ruminant animals will preclude the bio-degradation of the majority of the nutrients in the rumen compartment of the stomach and thus provide for the manipulation of the site and form of assimulation of the nutrients by the ruminant is also provided.
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12 Claims
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1. A process of feeding ruminant animals a feed supplement comprising:
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(1) feeding the ruminant animals a composite feed supplement comprising a nutrient composition in an amount effective to increase milk fat, meat and milk production without causing digestive disturbance made by the process consisting of; (a) adjusting the pH to from about 9.6 to about 12.5 of an aqueous medium containing blood or milk whey in a sufficient amount to provide at least about 6 weight percent albumin; (b) dispersing globules of a nutrient lipid within said aqueous medium in an amount in the range of from about 5 to about 20% of the resulting dispersion; (c) heating the resulting dispersion at a temperature effective to form a gel; (d) recovering said gel of said nutrient lipid microencapsulated by said albumin; and (2) allowing the supplement to be ingested by the ruminant animals and passed through the rumen and become digested in the abomasum and lower gut and thereby assimilated by the ruminant animals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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