Steven P Weiss

US Patent:

20140121275, May 1, 2014

Filed:

Mar 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/803002

Inventors:

Chad D. Hagen - Sleepy Eye MN, US
Steven P. Weiss - Mason City IA, US
Wayne Cast - Princeton MO, US
Kenneth W. Purser - Quincy IL, US
Ran Song - Edina MN, US
Dale Green - Mankato MN, US

Assignee:

Value-Added Science & Technology, LLC. - Mason City IA

International Classification:

A23K 1/16
A61K 31/201
A23K 1/18

US Classification:

514559

Abstract:

Feeding a diet supplemented with DDGS or another supplement containing UFA at a level above a threshold to animals such as swine, cattle, and poultry can have negative effects on carcass fat, certain growth parameters, and meat characteristics. However, if this diet is provided with a second supplement that contains CPFA at specified levels in the diet, the negative effects otherwise expected are wholly or at least partially countered. The invention recommends employing a supplemental source of CPFA between about 0.001% and about 0.5% of the diet by weight. Negative effects on carcass characteristics caused by ractopamine can also be countered by the addition of this amount of at least one source of CPFA in the diet.