Patent ID: 7811158
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A01K,A22B,A23K

Abstract:
1. A method for feeding cattle, comprising the steps of: weaning a calf from its mother after a predetermined time; feeding the calf feed rations that have been cooked above a predetermined temperature; wherein said calf is fed from a grain-to-meat conversion ration of less than about twenty to thirty pounds per day, said conversion ration producing between three to four pounds of body weight; slaughtering said calf when it reaches a slaughter weight; wherein said slaughter weight is between 1000-1300 pounds; wherein said predetermined time is at least 3 days, said method further comprising the steps of: feeding said calf at a weaning station; and transferring said calf to a feed station after said calf reaches a transfer weight at said weaning station.