Patent ID: 8153173
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A23K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of commercially raising domestic animals that are strongly concentrated under conditions that are not natural, said method stimulating stomach and intestinal activities of the animals being raised to reduce mortality of the animals being raised, said method comprising: confining said animals in a cage or piscicultural facility under conditions that are strongly concentrated and not natural, said animals selected from the group consisting of poultry, chicken, shoats, pigs, calves and commercial fish; and, feeding said confined animals a feedstuff comprising a function-improving additive for reducing mortality in the animals being raised, said function-improving additive itself comprising insoluble pure fibrous powder cellulose, said insoluble pure fibrous powder cellulose comprising fiber lengths of 50 μm to 2000 μm and containing at least 50% by weight of α-cellulose; wherein: said step of feeding comprises feeding said confined animals said feedstuff in which said function-improving additive is 0.2%-3.0% by weight of the feedstuff when said confined animals being fed are at least one of poultry, chicken, shoats, pigs, calves; said step of feeding comprises feeding said confined animals said feedstuff in which said function-improving additive is 0.3%-6.0% by weight of the feedstuff when said confined animals being fed are commercial fish.