Patent ID: 8642070

Claim:
A feed additive composition for ruminants which has a biologically active substance coated with a coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises: at least one protective material selected from the group consisting of a hardened animal fat, a hardened vegetable oil, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, a fatty acid ester, and a wax group; lecithin; and at least one preservative selected from a propionic acid or a salt thereof, a sorbic acid or a salt thereof, a benzoic acid or a salt thereof, a dehydroacetic acid or a salt thereof, parahydroxybenzoic acid esters, an imazalil, a thiabendazole, an orthophenyl phenol, an orthophenyl phenol natrium, and a diphenyl, and wherein the preservative is dispersed only in the coating composition which coats the biologically active substance.