Patent EA-001648-B1 (EA)
Title: High moisture material for feed poultry or other animals and process for use the same
Inventor: IVEY FRANSIS J
IPC: A23K1/00
Filed: 1996-06-04
Abstract: 1. A process for enhancing the health, livability, cumulative weight gain, or feed conversion efficiency of poultry, the process comprising making available a high moisture material to the poultry before the poultry is allowed to eat dry food ad libitum, the high moisture material containing at least 20% by weight water, digestible carbohydrate, an amino acid source and, optionally, fat,, said material is produced in the form of a gel, containing solid paricles, wherein the water retention capacity of said high moisture material is such that it does not release free water in an amount sufficient to dampen said poultry hatchlings. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said high moisture material contains digestable carbohydrate and an amino acid source on a percent weight basis of the total composition selected from the following group:at least about 8% by weight digestable carbohydrate and at least about 5% by weight an amino acid source, at least about 10% by weight digestable carbohydrate and at least about 7% by weight an amini acid source, and at least about 20% by weight digestable carbohydrate and at least about 10% by weight an amini acid source, 3. The process of claim 1 or 2 wherein said high moisture material contains no more than 5% by weight fat, based on the weight of the high moisture material. 4. The process of claim 1 or 2 wherein said high moisture material contains no more than 4% by weight fat, based on the weight of the high moisture material. 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of all digestible carbohydrates to all amino acid sources, and, if required, fat in said high moisture material is between 1.72-1.73. 6. The process of claim 1 to 5 wherein the high moisture material contains between 50% and 85% by weight water. 7. The process of claim 1 to 5 wherein the high moisture material contains between 60% and 80% by weight water. 8. The process of claim 1 to 7 wherein said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group containing selected carbohydrates, bio-acceptable saccharides, chemically-modified starches moisteners, invert saccharide, ground complex carbonhydrates and muxteres thereof. 9. The process of claim 8 wherein said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group consisting of corn starch, wheat starch, potato starch, rice starch, cellulose, pectine, agarose, a gum, glucose, fructose, sucrose, modified corn starch, methylcellolose, carboxymethylcellulose, dextrine, glycerin, propyleneglycol, whole, ground, cracked, milled, rolled, extruded, pelleted, defatted, dehydrated, solvent extracted, or other processed form of corn, rice, oats, barley, wheat, sorgo, rye, millet, manioc, triticale, tapioca aand mixtures thereof. 10. The process of claim 1 to 7 wherein said amino acid source is selected from the group consisning of proteins, hydrolysates ofprotein, sources of complex protein, amino acids, precursors of amino acids, analogs of amino acids and mixtures thereof. 11 The process of claim 10 wherein said and the amino acid source is selected from the group consisting of methionine, tryptophan, threonine, arginine, lysine, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, a salt of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, serum proteins, soybean meal, fishmeal, meat meal, egg white, egg yolk, eggs without shells, plasma, casein, milk, blood, whey, bloodmeal, egg offal, egg white, egg yolk, eggs without shells, wheat protein, wheat germ, gluten, hydrolysates of serum proteins, hydrolysates of whey, hydrolysates of blood meal, hydrolysates of blood, hydrolysates of egg offal, hydrolysates of egg white, hydrolysates of egg yolk, hydrolysates of eggs without shells, and mixtures thereof. 12. The process of claim 1 to 11 wherein said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group containing ground corn, corn starch and mixtures thereof and said amino acid source is selected from the group containing soybean meal, eggs without shell and mixtures thereof. 13. The process of claim 1 to 12 wherein said high moisture material further contains an additive selected from the group consisting of a food coloring, a moistener, a vitamin, an acid stabilyzer, a mineral, a receptor, a transfer factor, a chelator, a complexing agent, a palatability modifier, a digestion aid, a steroid, an immunoactive agent, a direct fed microbial, an enzyme, an enzyme co-factor, a peptide, a hormone, a prostaglandin, an antibiotic, a natural or synthetic antioxidant,and a growth promoter and mixtures thereof. 14. The process of claim 1 to 13 wherein said high moisture material further contains a food coloring and an acid stabilizer. 15. The process of claim 1 wherein said high moisture material contains at least about 20% by weight ground corn meal, at least about 10% by weiht soybean meal, no more than 4% by weight fat, a moistener, an acid stabilizer and a food coloring. 16. The process of claim 1 wherein said high moisture material contains from about 60% to about 80% by weight water, from about 8.5% to about 18.5 by weight ground corn meal and corn starch, from about 6.5 to about 15.8% by weight a mixture od soybean meal and eggs without shell, no more than 1% by weight fat, an acid stabilizer and a food coloring. 17. The process of claim 1 to 16 wherein said high moisture material is in the form of an extrudate. 18. The process of claim 1 to 17 wherein said making available to said poultry for consumption ad libitum said high moisture material is performed by a process selected from the group consisting of: placing said high moisture material in an incubator along with poultry eggs, thereby making said high moisture material available to said poultry hatchlings upon hatching; providing said high moisture material to said poultry hatchlings prior to placing said poultry hatchlings in a container for shipment to a poultry farm; placing said high moisture material along with said poultry hatchlings in a container for shipment of said poultry hatchlings to a poultry farm; and providing said high moisture material to said poultry hatchlings after they have been shipped from the site where they were hatched to a remote location. 19. A high moisture material for feed of poultry or other animals, comprising at least 20% by weight water, at least about 8% by weight digestible carbohydrates, at least about 5% by weight an amino acid source and , no more than 1% by weight fat based upon the total weight of said high moisture materialrespectively, wherein the weight ratio of all digestible carbohydrates to said amino acid source in said high moisture material is from about 0.6:1 to about 3:1.said material is produced in the form of a gel, containing solid paricles, wherein the water retention capacity of said high moisture material is such that it does not release free water in an amount sufficient to dampen said poultry hatchlings. 20. The A high moisture material of claim 19 wherein contains at least about 10% by weight digestable carbohydrate and at least about 7% by weight an amino acid source. 21. The high moisture material of claim 19 wherein contains at least about 20% by weight digestable carbohydrate and at least about 10% by weight an amino acid source. 22. The high moisture material of claim 19 to 21, wherein contains no more than 4% by weight fat. 23. The high moisture material of claim 19 wherein the weight ratio of all digestible carbohydrates to all amino acid sources, and, if required, fat in said high moisture material is between 1.72-1.73. 24. The high moisture material of claim 19 to 23 comprising at least 50% by weight water, at least about 85% by weight. 25. The high moisture material of claim 19 to 23 comprising at least 60% by weight water, at least about 80% by weight. 26. The high moisture material of claim 19 to 25 wherein said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group containing selected carbohydrates, bio-acceptable saccharides, chemically-modified starches moisteners, invert saccharide, ground complex carbonhydrates and muxteres thereof. 27. The high moisture material of claim 26 wherein said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group consisting of corn starch, wheat starch, potato starch, rice starch, cellulose, pectine, agarose, a gum, glucose, fructose, sucrose, modified corn starch, methylcellolose, carboxymethylcellulose, dextrine, glycerin, propyleneglycol, whole, ground, cracked, milled, rolled, extruded, pelleted, defatted, dehydrated, solvent extracted, or other processed form of corn, rice, oats, barley, wheat, sorgo, rye, millet, manioc, triticale, tapioca aand mixtures thereof. 28. The high moisture material of claims 19 to 27 wherein said amino acid source is selected from the group containing proteins, hydrolysates of protein, sources of complex proteins, amino acids, precursors of amino acids, analogs of amino acids and mixtures thereof. 29 The high moisture material of claim 28 wherein said and the amino acid source is selected from the group consisting of methionine, tryptophan, threonine, arginine, lysine, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, a salt of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, serum proteins, soybean meal, fishmeal, meat meal, egg white, egg yolk, eggs without shells, plasma, casein, milk, blood, whey, bloodmeal, egg offal, egg white, egg yolk, eggs without shells, wheat protein, wheat germ, gluten, hydrolysates of serum proteins, hydrolysates of whey, hydrolysates of blood meal, hydrolysates of blood, hydrolysates of egg offal, hydrolysates of egg white, hydrolysates of egg yolk, hydrolysates of eggs without shells, and mixtures thereof. 30. The high moisture material of claims 19 to 29 wherein said said digestable carbohydrares are selected from the group containing ground corn, corn starch and mixtures thereof and said amino acid source is selected from the group containing soybean meal, eggs without shell and mixtures thereof. 31. The high moisture material of claims 19 to 30 wherein wherein said high moisture material