Method of feeding a ruminant
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1. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
- feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer and the first ruminant consuming about 1.25 pounds or more of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period; and
feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising about 50 weight percent or more hemicellulose, based upon the dry weight of the supplemental feed material.
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A method of feeding ruminants, the method including feeding a ruminant a fluid animal feed during a feeding period, the fluid animal feed including an animal feed component and the ruminant consuming greater than about 1.25 pounds of the animal feed component per day, based on the dry weight of the animal feed component, during the feeding period; and the method further including feeding the ruminant a psyllium composition during the feeding period.
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1. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
- feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer and the first ruminant consuming about 1.25 pounds or more of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period; and
feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising about 50 weight percent or more hemicellulose, based upon the dry weight of the supplemental feed material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer and the first ruminant consuming about 1.25 pounds or more of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period; and
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35. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period; and feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose, wherein; the method is effective to increase the feed efficiency of the first ruminant during a post-weaning feeding period as compared to the feed efficiency of a second ruminant during the post-weaning feeding period; and feed provided to the second ruminant is free of the supplemental feed material, the second ruminant consuming about the same amount of the milk replacer, on a dry weight basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period as the first ruminant consumes during the pre-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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36. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period; feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose; and providing the first ruminant with a dry animal feed composition during a post-weaning feeding period, the method effective to cause the first ruminant to consume more of the dry animal feed composition during the post-weaning feeding period than a second ruminant consumes during the post-weaning feeding period, where the second ruminant is also provided with the dry animal feed composition during the post-weaning feeding period, all feed provided to the second ruminant being free of the supplemental feed material. - View Dependent Claims (37, 55, 56, 57)
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38. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period;
feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose, and providing the first ruminant with a dry animal feed composition during a post-weaning feeding period, the method effective to cause the first ruminant to gain more weight during the post-weaning feeding period than a second ruminant gains during the post-weaning feeding period, where the second ruminant is also provided with the dry animal feed composition during the post-weaning feeding period, all feed provided to the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period being free of the supplemental feed material.- View Dependent Claims (39, 58, 59, 60)
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40. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period; and
feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose, wherein;
the method is effective to increase the amount of weight gained by the first ruminant during a post-weaning feeding period as compared to the amount of weight gained by a second ruminant during the post-weaning feeding period; andfeed provided to the second ruminant is free of the supplemental feed material, the second ruminant consuming about the same amount of the milk replacer, on a dry weight basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period as the first ruminant consumes during the pre-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63)
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41. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period;
feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose,and providing the first ruminant with a dry animal feed composition during a post-weaning feeding period, the method effective to cause the first ruminant to gain more weight during a composite feeding period than a second ruminant gains during the composite feeding period, where the second ruminant is also provided with the dry animal feed composition during the post-weaning feeding period, all feed provided to the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period is free of the supplemental feed material, and the composite feeding period comprises the pre-weaning feeding period and the post-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (42, 64, 65, 66)
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43. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
feeding a first ruminant an effective amount of milk replacer during a pre-weaning feeding period; and
feeding the first ruminant about one to about thirty grams of a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising hemicellulose, wherein;the method is effective to increase the amount of weight gained by the first ruminant during a composite feeding period as compared to the amount of weight gained by a second ruminant during the composite feeding period, the composite feeding period comprising the pre-weaning feeding period and a post-weaning feeding period; and feed provided to the second ruminant is free of the supplemental feed material, the second ruminant consuming about the same amount of the milk replacer, on a dry weight basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period as the first ruminant consumes during the pre-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69)
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44. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer; and feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising about 50 weight percent or more hemicellulose, based on the dry weight of the supplemental feed material, wherein; a second ruminant consumes about 1.25 pounds or less of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period;
the first ruminant consumes more of the milk replacer per day during the pre-weaning feeding period than the second ruminant may consume per day during the pre-weaning feeding period, on a dry matter basis;all feed provided to the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period is free of the supplemental feed material; and
the method is effective to increase the feed efficiency of the first ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period by 25 percent or more, as compared to the feed efficiency of the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer; providing the first ruminant with dry animal feed composition during the pre-weaning feeding period; and feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding, the supplemental feed material comprising 50 weight percent or more hemicellulose, based on the dry weight of the supplemental feed material, wherein; a second ruminant consumes about 1.25 pounds or less of the animal feed component per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period; the first ruminant consumes more of the milk replacer per day during the pre-weaning feeding period than the second ruminant may consume per day during the preweaning feeding period, on a dry matter basis; dry animal feed composition is also provided to the second ruminant during the preweaning feeding period; all feed provided to the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period is free of the supplemental feed material; the milk replacer fed to the first ruminant has a greater concentration of protein than the milk replacer fed to the second ruminant; the dry animal feed composition provided to the first ruminant during the preweaning feeding period has a greater concentration of protein than the dry animal feed composition provided to the second ruminant during the preweaning feeding period; and the method is effective to cause the first ruminant to gain about 64% or more additional weight during the pre-weaning feeding period, as compared to the weight gained by the second ruminant during the pre-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (47, 49)
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48. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer; feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising about 50 weight percent or more hemicellulose, based on the dry weight of the supplemental feed material; and providing the first ruminant with dry animal feed composition during a post-weaning feeding period, wherein;
a second ruminant consumes about 1.25 pounds or less of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period;the first ruminant consumes more of the milk replacer per day during the preweaning feeding period than the second ruminant may consume per day during the pre-weaning feeding period, on a dry matter basis; dry animal feed composition is also provided to the second ruminant during the postweaning feeding period;
all feed provided to the second ruminant is free of the supplemental feed material;
the milk replacer fed to the first ruminant has a greater concentration of protein than the milk replacer fed to the second ruminant;the dry animal feed composition provided to the first ruminant during the postweaning feeding period has a greater concentration of protein than the dry animal feed composition provided to the second ruminant during the postweaning feeding period;
the method is effective to cause the first ruminant to gain more weight during the post-weaning feeding period than the second ruminant gains during the postweaning feeding period.
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50. A method of feeding ruminants, the method comprising:
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feeding a first ruminant a fluid animal feed composition during a pre-weaning feeding period, the fluid animal feed composition comprising a milk replacer; feeding the first ruminant a supplemental feed material during the pre-weaning feeding period, the supplemental feed material comprising about 50 weight percent hemicellulose or more, based on the dry weight of the supplemental feed material; and providing the first ruminant with dry animal feed composition during a post-weaning feeding period, wherein; a second ruminant consumes about 1.25 pounds or less of the milk replacer per day, on a dry matter basis, during the pre-weaning feeding period; the first ruminant consumes more of the milk replacer per day during the preweaning feeding period than the second ruminant may consume per day during the pre-weaning feeding period, on a dry matter basis; dry animal feed composition is also provided to the second ruminant during the postweaning feeding period;
all feed provided to the second ruminant is free of the supplemental feed material;
the milk replacer fed to the first ruminant has a greater concentration of protein than the milk replacer fed to the second ruminant;the dry animal feed composition provided to the first ruminant during the postweaning feeding period has a greater concentration of protein than the dry animal feed composition provided to the second ruminant during the postweaning feeding period;
the method is effective to cause the first ruminant to gain more weight during a composite feeding period than the second ruminant gains during the composite feeding period, the composite feeding period comprising the preweaning feeding period and the post-weaning feeding period. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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