Patent ID: 9241914
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A23K,A61K,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method of increasing milk production in a lactating ruminant without statistically increasing dry matter intake, the method comprising: feeding the lactating ruminant a feed ration, the feed ration comprising sugar alcohol, forage and at least one non-forage feed component, the sugar alcohol comprising one or more of adonitol, allitol, altritol, arabinitol, dulcitol, erythritol, galaxitol, glucitol, iditol, inositol, isomalt, lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, perseitol, ribitol, rhamnitol, sorbitol, threitol or xylitol, and the at least one non-forage feed component comprising one or more of a grain, a bean, a grain product or a bean product; and observing the lactating ruminant fed the feed ration exhibits increased milk production without statistically increasing dry matter intake.