Patent ID: 9668983
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23K,A61K,Y10S

Claim:
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 formula feed in a feed ration, the formula feed comprising a sugar alcohol and at least one additional 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 in response to ingesting the formula feed in the feed ration, the lactating ruminant exhibiting increased milk production without statistically increasing dry matter intake.