| US 7,550,172 B2 | ||
| Selective feeding of starch to increase milk production in ruminants | ||
| David C. Weakley, Eureka, Mo. (US); Kent J. Lanter, Waterloo, Ill. (US); and Lawrence F. Reutzel, St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Purina Mills, LLC, St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/68,410. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/548848, filed on Feb. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0152754 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A23K 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 426—635 [426/2; 426/658; 426/636; 426/805] | 39 Claims |
| 1. A method for improving milk production and/or dry matter intake in a cow after parturition, the method comprising:
manipulating an amount of a ruminally digestible starch component in the dry matter of a feed wherein the amount of ruminally
digestible starch component in the dry matter of the feed is adjusted to a first selected amount during a first time interval
and during a second time following the first time interval, the amount of the ruminally digestible starch component in the
dry matter in the feed is adjusted to a second amount, lower than the first amount, and fed to the cow.
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