Patent ID: 6355278
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A23K,A61K,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A formulation for reducing the risk of or inhibiting the effects of parturient hypocalcemia or milk fever, comprising:one part by weight of 18 to 22 BaumÃ© hydrochloric acid and up to four parts by weight high bypass soybean meal obtained from soybeans prepared according to the steps of: a) comminuting the soybeans to crack open their hulls and shatter their kernels; b) heating the comminuted soybeans in a high-temperature reactor to elevated temperatures in the range of 235 to 350 degrees Fahrenheit; c) maintaining the soybeans at elevated temperatures for a period of 1 to 60 minutes; d) partially removing the oil contained in the soybeans by mechanical means; and e) grinding the soybean cake produced by mechanical means to produce a soybean meal with a particle size range of 1000 to 1200 microns; feed components other than soybean meal which further enhance feed value and palatability of the formulation; and minerals that are either essential to the animal's well being and/or positively affect the negative dietary cation-anion difference which governs calcium metabolism.