John D Sylvester

US Patent:

20210022370, Jan 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/938652

Inventors:

- Salisbury MD, US
John Sylvester - Salisbury MD, US
Jonas De Souza - Salisbury MD, US

International Classification:

A23K 20/158
A23K 20/24
A23K 50/10

Abstract:

Compositions comprising feedstocks with high oleic acid content for ruminant feed, calcium soaps of the feedstocks, and methods of preparing ruminant feed and its use to increase fatty acid digestibility, increase milk production, increase milk fat, or increase body fat deposition in cows are presented. The high oleic acid feedstocks include from about 50 wt % to about 70 wt % oleic acid; no more than about 25 wt % polyunsaturated fatty acids; and unsaturated fatty acids, wherein less than about 20% of the fatty acids are present as a glyceride.