Claims
- 1. A process for supplying a fatty acid containing at least 10 carbon atoms to ruminant animals which comprises feeding to said animals the calcium salt of said fatty acid in an amount equal to at least about 1% of the dry matter content of said animals' feed.
- 2. A process according to claim 1 wherein said animals are cattle.
- 3. A process according to claim 2 wherein said animals are lactating dairy cattle.
- 4. A process according to claim 2 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is fed to said cattle admixed with a conventional cattle feed.
- 5. A process according to claim 4 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is added to said feed in an amount not exceeding about 10% of the dry matter content of said feed.
- 6. A process according to claim 5 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is added to said feed in an amount of about 3 to about 5% of the dry matter content of said feed.
- 7. A process according to claim 5 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is added to said feed in an amount of about 5% of the dry matter content of said feed.
- 8. A process according to claim 1 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt has an analysis substantially within the following ranges by weight:
- ______________________________________ 16:0 0-50% 18:0 0-50% 18:1 0-100% 18:2 0-60% 18:3 Less than 10%.______________________________________
- 9. A process according to claim 1 wherein said calcium salt is in a form containing not more than about 15% of water.
- 10. A cattle feed comprising at least one vegetable material edible by ruminants and selected from the group consisting of legume hay, grass hay, corn silage, grass silage, legume silage, corn grain, oats, barley, distiller's grain, brewer's grain, soya bean meal and cotton seed meal, and a calcium salt of a fatty acid containing at least 10 carbon atoms, said calcium salt comprising at least about 1% of the dry matter content of said feed, at least about 95% of the fatty acid in said feed being in the form of the calcium salt.
- 11. A cattle feed according to claim 10 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is present in an amount of not more than about 10% of the dry solids content of said feed.
- 12. A cattle feed according to claim 11 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is present in an amount of about 3 to about 5% of the dry matter content of said feed.
- 13. A cattle feed according to claim 12 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is present in an amount of about 5% of the dry matter content of said feed.
- 14. A cattle feed according to claim 11 wherein said calcium fatty acid salts have an analysis substantially within the following ranges by weight:
- ______________________________________ 16:0 0-50% 18:0 0-50% 18:1 0-100% 18:2 0-60% 18:3 Less than 10%.______________________________________
- 15. A cattle feed according to claim 11 wherein said calcium fatty acid salt is in a form containing not more than about 15% of water.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of our application Ser. No. 06/274,145, filed June 16, 1981 and now abandoned.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (2)
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Palmquist, et al.--Journal of Diary Science, vol. 63, No. 1, Jan. 1980, pp. 1-14. |
Jenkins & Palmquist, Journal of Dairy Science, 67, 978 (1984). |
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