Claims
- 1. A molasses-free pelletized and compressed animal feed composition consisting essentially of a dry mixture of feed ingredients and a binder therefor, said binder consisting essentially of from about 0.1 percent to about 5.0 percent by weight of the total feed formulation of a reactive phosphate source selected from the group consisting of phosphate acid, ammonium polyphosphate, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, monopotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, monosodium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, disodium phosphate, and combinations thereof, and from about 0.25 percent to about 5.0 percent by weight of the total feed formulation of a reactive metal source selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium calcium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium sulfate, magnesium potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium carbonate, and combinations thereof whereby pellet durability index is increased and percent of recycled fines is reduced.
- 2. A composition as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reactive phosphate source is present in a concentration of from about 0.2 percent to about 2.0 percent of the total feed formulation, expressed as phosphorous.
- 3. A composition as set forth in claim 1, wherein an amount of reactive metal oxide, hydroxide, or salt is utilized which is from about 0.5 percent to about 2.0 percent by weight of the total feed formulation, expressed as metal oxide.
- 4. A composition as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reactive phosphate source is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid and monoammonium phosphate.
- 5. A composition as set forth in claim 4, wherein the reactive metal source is selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium potassium sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
- 6. A composition as set forth in claim 5, wherein the ratio of phosphate source to reactive metal source is from about 1:5 to about 5:1.
- 7. A pelletized and compressed animal feed composition consisting essentially of ground feed ingredients, less that about 5 percent by weight molasses, and a binder, wherein said binder consists essentially of from about 0.10 to 5.0 percent by weight of the total composition of a reactive phosphate source selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, ammonium polyphosphate, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, monopotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, monosodium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, disodium phosphate, and combinations thereof, and from about 0.25 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the total composition of a reactive metal source selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium calcium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium sulfate, magnesium potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium carbonate, and combinations thereof whereby pellet durability index is increased and percent of recycled fines is reduced.
- 8. An animal feed composition as set forth in claim 7, wherein said binder comprises from about 0.20 to about 2.0 percent by weight of the total composition of phosphoric acid, and from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent by weight of the total composition of a reactive metal source selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium potassium sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
- 9. An animal feed composition as set forth in claim 7, wherein said binder comprises from about 0.20 to about 2.0 percent by weight of the total composition of monoammonium phosphate, and from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent by weight of the total composition of a reactive metal source selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium potassium sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
- 10. An animal feed composition as set forth in claim 7, wherein said composition further comprises minerals, vitamins, drug additives, or a combination thereof.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/300,106, filed Jan. 19, 1989 now abandoned which is
This application is a Continuation-In-Part of application serial number 06/819,323 filed Jan. 16, 1986, now abandoned.
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