Improved feeding of pre-ruminant animals, esp. calves - by adding sorbitol to the feed compsn

• Main Author: MICHEL HUCHETTE, MONIQUE DUMONT, DENIS CUVELIER ET FRANCOIS ROUMET
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.08.1980
• Subjects: FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Compsn. for improving the feeding of preruminant animals comprises sorbitol (I) either as powder or soln., or as the major component of hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, opt. fixed onto a support together with other components of the hydrolysate. The (I) used meets the purity criteria 420 I and II of the EEC Council for emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents to be used in foods (directive 78/663/CEE of 25.7.78). Pref. sufficient (I) is added to the feed to provide 3-20, esp. about 10, g per day; esp. the final ration contains 0.1-2, esp. 0.3% (I). The compsn. improves secretion of bile (and hence digestion of lipids), partic. in calves, without disturbing the closure of the 'oesophagal gutter' which short-circuits the rumen. Animals receiving (I) gain wt. more quickly, and have better index of feed consumption. L'INVENTION A POUR OBJET UN AGENT ET UN PROCEDE AMELIORANT L'ALIMENTATION DES ANIMAUX PRERUMINANTS.L'AGENT CONFORME A L'INVENTION EST CONSTITUE PAR DU SORBITOL SOUS FORME DE POUDRE OU DE SOLUTION OU PAR DU SORBITOL EN TANT QUE CONSTITUANT PRINCIPAL D'UN HYDROLYSAT D'AMIDON HYDROGENE, CE SORBITOL AINSI QUE LES EVENTUELS AUTRES CONSTITUANTS DE L'HYDROLYSAT POUVANT ETRE FIXES SUR UN SUPPORT.LES SUSDITS AGENT ET PROCEDE S'APPLIQUENT PLUS PARTICULIEREMENT A L'ALIMENTATION DU VEAU PRERUMINANT.