Treatment Of Live Animal Patents (Class 426/2)
Patent number: 8445041
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the fat firmness and meat quality of a meat animal and/or altering the ratio of saturated fatty acids to unsaturated fatty acids in meat by administering to a meat animal (e.g., pig) a composition comprising an amount of dehydrated castor oil that is effective to improve the quality indices of the animal's meat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2012
Issued:
May 21, 2013
Assignee:
NPD Investments, Inc.
Inventor:
Patrick V. Bonsignore
Application number: 20130122139
Abstract: Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 3, 2013
Issued:
May 16, 2013
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A.
Inventor:
NESTEC S.A.
Application number: 20130122138
Abstract: The present disclosure provides multi-component food products having a wet food component and a dry food component. The multi-component food product is shelf-stable and does not include any artificial preservatives. Methods for providing a shelf-stable multi-component food product having a wet food component and a dry food component without artificial preservatives to a consumer are also provided, as are methods for marketing such a shelf-stable multi-component food product.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 3, 2013
Issued:
May 16, 2013
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A.
Inventor:
Nestec S.A.
Patent number: 8440218
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of enhancing milk production by a ruminant that includes providing a feed that contains sorbitol and at least one additional feed component, and orally feeding the feed to the ruminant, the ruminant ingesting about 100 grams, or less, of sorbitol per day.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2005
Issued:
May 14, 2013
Assignee:
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Inventor:
Cindie M. Luhman
Application number: 20130115329
Abstract: Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 3, 2013
Issued:
May 9, 2013
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A.
Inventor:
Nestec S.A.
Application number: 20130115328
Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions for reducing E. coli O157:H7 colonization and shedding in ruminant animals. In certain aspects, methods are provided comprising delivering microencapsulated probiotic bacteria to the gastrointestinal tract of a ruminant animal. Microencapsulated probiotics for delivery to the gastrointestinal tract of a ruminant animal in order to reduce E. coli O157:H7 shedding are also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 26, 2012
Issued:
May 9, 2013
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri
Inventors:
Azlin Mustapha, Monty Kerley, Juhee Ahn
Application number: 20130116282
Abstract: The buckwheat extract comprises a extract of buckwheat which are enriched in D-fagomine and including 3,4-di-epifagomine, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions, dietary supplements or functional foods containing them, their use alone or in combination with saccharide, an iminocyclitol or probiotics, as a blood glucose levels controlling agent reducing the post-prandial glucose levels, as well as the buckwheat extract for use in the prevention and/or coadjuvant treatment of microbiota imbalance, that reduces the adhesion of some potentially harmful microorganism in the microbiota and therefore increasing the resistance to disease.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2011
Issued:
May 9, 2013
Assignee:
BIOGLANE, S.L.N.E.
Inventors:
Josep Lluis Torres Simón, Susana Amézqueta Pérez, Sergio Pumarola Segura, Pere Clapés Saborit
Application number: 20130115330
Abstract: Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 3, 2013
Issued:
May 9, 2013
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A.
Inventor:
NESTEC S.A.
Application number: 20130108731
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to high protein dietary supplements for treating various symptoms and diseases associated with protein deficiency including weight gain, obesity, catabolic diseases, fibromyalgia, anxiety reactions, posttraumatic stress and chronic fatigue syndrome. Embodiments of dietary supplements comprise combinations of proteins, essential and semi-essential amino acids including L-Lysine, L-Arginine, and/or L-Histidine.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2012
Issued:
May 2, 2013
Inventor:
George Scheele
Application number: 20130101697
Abstract: Novel findings have been made that a carbohydrate composition in which a highly branched dextrin and isomaltulose are mixed at a specific ratio, wherein the highly branched dextrin has a structure in which glucose or isomaltooligosaccharide is bound to a non-reducing terminus of a dextrin via an ?-1,6 glycosidic bond, and has a DE value of 10 to 52, enhances an suppressing effect on digestion of the highly branched dextrin by isomaltulose, that is, synergistically suppresses the digestion, thereby leading to the completion of the present invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 17, 2012
Issued:
April 25, 2013
Assignee:
MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Inventor:
MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Application number: 20130101690
Abstract: The present invention provides supplements, combination supplements, methods of treating inflammation, methods of reducing tension, methods of increasing vigor, and methods of increasing metabolic balance. Further, the invention provides methods for supplementing the diet of an individual, and kits for use in supplementation. The supplements, combination supplements, methods and kits of the present invention may be used to achieve an outcome such as increased vigor, decreased tension, improved metabolic balance, and decreased levels of C-reactive protein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 27, 2011
Issued:
April 25, 2013
Assignee:
DBC, LLC
Inventor:
Shawn Talbott
Application number: 20130095204
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to milk-based nutritional compositions for pediatric subjects and to corresponding methods of using the nutritional compositions to promote health and development. The nutritional compositions comprise docosahexaenoic acid, choline and phytonutrients, such as apple extract, grape seed extract, or mixtures thereof. The nutritional compositions are believed to be useful in promoting visual health, gastrointestinal health, immune function and cognitive development and function in infants and children, and the compositions may be administered via a staged nutritional feeding regimen. The disclosure further relates to nutritional compositions that maintain desirable organoleptic properties after addition of phytonutrients to a milk-based matrix and still further relates to methods for producing the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 14, 2011
Issued:
April 18, 2013
Inventors:
Zeina Jouni, Bolivar Cevallos, Eva Horia, Lucien F. Harthoorn, Brian Kineman, Zafir Gaygadzhiev, Kelli S. Talley
Application number: 20130095206
Abstract: A food additive composition for ruminants of the dispersion type and a method of continuously producing the same. This food additive composition for ruminants, which contains 40% by weight or more but less than 65% by weight of a basic amino acid and has rumen bypass properties, is formulated into granules in an arbitrary shape which are scarcely classified when added to a silage or another feed. Thus, attempts have been made to develop a method of producing granules by which the milk yield of a lactation cow can be increased. Namely, it is intended to provide a food additive composition for ruminants which contains at least one protecting agent selected from among a hardened vegetable oil and a hardened animal oil having a melting point higher than 50° C. but lower than 90° C., 0.05 to 6% by weight of lecithin, water and 40% by weight or more but less than 65% by weight of a basic amino acid.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 10, 2012
Issued:
April 18, 2013
Assignee:
AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
Inventor:
AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
Application number: 20130095205
Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved poultry products and methods of producing such poultry products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into animal feed products. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides methods for producing said products. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a poultry animal may be fed feed comprising a transgenic plant product. In other embodiments of the disclosure, poultry white meat and dark meat products comprising SDA, EPA, DPA, and DHA are disclosed. In further embodiments of the disclosure, poultry eggs comprising SDA, EPA, DHA, and DPA are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 3, 2012
Issued:
April 18, 2013
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC
Inventor:
Monsanto Technology LLC
Patent number: 8420074
Abstract: Lactobacillus strains that have a genetic Profile I based on Apa I, Not I, and Xba I digests are provided. Preferably, the strains decrease level of at least one of coliforms and E. coli within the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. A direct-fed microbial that includes the strain is additionally provided. A method of feeding an animal the strain and a method of forming a direct fed microbial that includes the strain is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2012
Issued:
April 16, 2013
Assignee:
DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS
Inventors:
Thomas G. Rehberger, Charles V. Maxwell
Application number: 20130089637
Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) having a hollow form, the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) comprising: an inlet portion (2, 2?, 2?) having an inlet (4, 4?) for entering nutrition (13), and a suction portion (3, 3?, 3?) for sucking the nutrition (13) through the inlet (4, 4?) into the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?), wherein the suction portion (3, 3?, 3?) comprises at least one opening (5, 5?, 5?) for dispensing the sucked nutrition (13), wherein the inner surface (6, 6?, 6?) of the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) confines a flow path (P, P?, P?) for the nutrition (13), and wherein the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) is at least partially deformable. The feeding device is characterized in that a nutritional additive (7, 7?, 7?) is adhered to the flow path confining inner surface (6, 6?, 6?) of the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) such that the nutritional additive (7, 7?, 7?) is mechanically segregated from the inner surface (6, 6?, 6?) when the feeding device (1, 1?, 1?) is deformed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 27, 2011
Issued:
April 11, 2013
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A.
Inventors:
Karl-Josef Huber-Haag, Isabelle Bureau-Franz
Application number: 20130089636
Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for providing eating utensils (10) which are designed as single-piece gripping elements for picking up food, in particular finger food, and have a three-dimensionally shaped sheet structure having an outside to face the food to be picked up and a finger contact side opposite said outside and comprising at least three gripping sections (12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4) which can be accessed from the finger contact side, are shaped as finger protection depressions for accommodating fingers of a users hand, and extend sharply tapering toward the inside, the gripping sections being delimited by in particular triangular wall sections (111, 222) having interposed fold lines (18), the gripping sections being able to be moved in an articulated manner toward and away from each other by means of at least some of the fold lines so as to perform gripping movements, the dispenser comprising at least one stack (20) formed of the eating utensils, in which the outsides of the eating utensils (10)
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 9, 2011
Issued:
April 11, 2013
Inventors:
Yulian Patzelt, Julian Propstmeier, Felix Heussinger
Application number: 20130089635
Abstract: Rumen performance and ruminant growth in growing ruminants is studied through rumen morphological studies and growing ruminant developmental studies. Based on the studies, a feed composition containing an effective amount of milk replacer, supplemental feed or both is administered to the ruminant over a growing period to optimize rumen growth. A method of formulating a feed formulation for a ruminant involves studying at least rumen morphology of one ruminant ingesting a diet with an amount of milk replacer, supplemental feed or both, and formulating the feed ration for another ruminant based on the study. A feed composition formulated based on rumen morphological studies includes an effective amount of nutrients to optimize rumen growth in the growing ruminants characterized by one or more of optimized rumen size, rumen papillae density, rumen papillae surface area, rumen papillae histology in the ruminant by twenty-four weeks of age.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 5, 2012
Issued:
April 11, 2013
Assignee:
LAND O'LAKES PURINA FEED LLC
Inventor:
LAND O'LAKES PURINA FEED LLC
Application number: 20130084356
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising yeast cells and/or yeast cell components and methods for producing and utilizing the same. In particular, the invention provides novel yeast comprising altered cell wall structure (e.g., clay and/or clay component(s) integrated (e.g., interlaced) into cell wall(s) and/or cell wall(s) comprising altered glucan:mannan ratio), methods of producing the same, compositions comprising and/or derived from the same, and methods of using the same (e.g., to sequester and/or adsorb bacteria and toxins). Compositions and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications including dietary (e.g., admixing with feedstuffs or otherwise feeding to animals), therapeutic, prophylactic (e.g. admixing with bedding sources and/or other materials that come into contact with animals, usage during food and beverage processing and manufacture, and usage during filtration of liquids) as well as research applications.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 26, 2012
Issued:
April 4, 2013
Inventors:
Alexandros Yiannikouris, Ursula Anne Thielen
Application number: 20130084357
Abstract: Disclosed is a flavonoid bioabsorption-promoting composition or food/beverage which can improve the bioabsorption of quercetin or other flavonoids having antioxidant effect and is effective for the prevention of various diseases. It is found that ingestion of apple pectin can improve the bioabsorption of quercetin and other flavonoids and shows higher physiological activity. Based on this finding, a flavonoid bioabsorption-promoting composition or food/beverage can be provided, which contains apple pectin as an active ingredient and therefore can improve the bioabsorbability of a flavonoid and show a flavonoid bioabsorption-promoting activity. By using apple pectin or a food additive containing apple pectin, it becomes possible to provide a food or beverage which contains quercetin or other flavonoids, which are popularly ingested and which are classified in to a category of a processed food including a soft drink, supplement, seasoning, confectionery, and a prepared meal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 27, 2012
Issued:
April 4, 2013
Inventors:
Tomohiko Nishijima, Yasuo Saitou, Shinji Tamura, Hajime Matsue, Kunihisa Iwai
Application number: 20130071513
Abstract: We disclose a water-based solution containing xylitol that helps reduce the risk of dental problems. The solution may be pre-packaged in a readably consumable form, or it may be packaged as a concentrate that can be added to beverage at the time of consumption. In addition to xylitol, other additives may be added to the solution including fluoride, flavoring, vitamins, caffeine, carbonation, electrolytes, minerals, sugars, and sugar alcohols.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 19, 2012
Issued:
March 21, 2013
Inventor:
Kennett Brown Parkes
Patent number: 8399411
Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods nutritional supplements, treats, and toys) for animal consumption, particularly compositions that comprise omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and particularly compositions that tend to aid in reducing mitogen-activated-protein (“MAP”) kinase activity in animals. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions, particularly to methods for using such compositions to reduce MAP kinase activity in animals, and particularly to methods for using such compositions to treat a cancer or tissue hyperplasia. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2010
Issued:
March 19, 2013
Assignee:
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
Inventors:
Kathy L. Gross, Inke Paetau-Robinson, Korinn E. Saker
Application number: 20130064923
Abstract: Described herein are a liquid milk beverage for toddlers comprising non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented and protein-rebalanced cow's milk, processes for making same and methods of uses. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk comprises a reduced weight/weight proportion of casein:whey proteins when compared to untreated cow's milk. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk may further comprises a reduced total protein concentration when compared to untreated cow's milk. The reduced proportion and/or reduced total concentration of proteins facilitate digestion of the liquid milk beverage by infant and toddlers. Also described are methods for providing nutrition to a toddler, methods for facilitating transition from breast feeding and/or artificial formula feeding of a child towards drinking of cow's homogenized milk, and methods for increasing digestion of cow's milk in an individual.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 6, 2012
Issued:
March 14, 2013
Assignee:
Agropur Cooperative
Inventors:
Gabriel Remondetto, Martine Surprenant, Michel Pouliot
Application number: 20130064924
Abstract: A nutritional supplement comprising a variety of vitamins and minerals is described. A nutritional supplement comprising between about 1 mg and about 5 mg of vitamin B1, between about 2 mg and about 8 mg of vitamin B2, between about 7 mg and about 30 mg of vitamin B6, between about 10 mcg and about 40 mcg of vitamin B12, between about 1 mg and about 4 mg of folic acid, between about 250 IU and about 900 IU of vitamin D3, between about 100 mg and about 400 mg of vitamin C, between about 20 IU and about 90 IUs of vitamin E, between about 0.5 mg and about 4 mg of copper, between about 20 mg and about 80 mg of zinc, between about 10 mg and about 70 mg of iron, and between about 100 mg and about 800 mg of omega-3 fatty acids is disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 11, 2012
Issued:
March 14, 2013
Assignee:
VERTICAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
Steven A. Squashic, Kevin M. Hudy, David C. Purdy
Application number: 20130059029
Abstract: The present invention provides an edible product comprising 10-99 wt. % of an aqueous phase; 0.1-90 wt. % of an oil phase; 0-40 wt. % of solid or semi-solid particles; and active plant cell wall degrading enzyme. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of the aforementioned edible product for increasing the bioavailability of one or more micronutrients that are comprised in the vegetable and/or fruit components of a salad, said use comprising combining the product and the salad.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 28, 2011
Issued:
March 7, 2013
Inventors:
Elisabeth Cornelia M. Bouwens, Xiuzhen Cao, Leonard Marcus Flendrig, Hendrikus Theodorus W. M. van der Hijden, Yingchun Hu
Application number: 20130059028
Abstract: An array of animal diets nutritionally tailored to different animal life stages. A method for facilitating the selection of a life-stage appropriate diet for an animal. The method may comprise providing an indicium to facilitate an anthropomorphic connection between the animal life stage and a corresponding human life stage.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 1, 2011
Issued:
March 7, 2013
Inventors:
Julie Marie Foy, Rebecca Massie Grey, Thomas Wendell Reed, Leslie Rolce Myrie, JR., Benito Alberto Romanachi, Katherine P. Boebel, Kristen M. Carnagey, Roxanne Drago Westendorf
Application number: 20130059815
Abstract: This disclosure features human milk permeates and compositions containing the same obtained from fractionated whole human milk. The oligosaccharide rich permeate and permeate compositions of the present invention are useful as nutritional supplements for pre-term and full term infants, for establishing or maintaining gut flora and for treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 6, 2012
Issued:
March 7, 2013
Assignee:
Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph FOURNELL, Scott Eaker, Scott Elster, David J. Rechtman
Application number: 20130052297
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for programming the post-prandial fat handling in an infant by a nutritional composition comprising lipid globules coated with phospholipids.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 4, 2011
Issued:
February 28, 2013
Inventors:
Hubertus Josephus Maria Van De Heijning, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Marieke Abrahamse-Berkeveld, Günther Boehm
Application number: 20130052298
Abstract: This invention relates, inter alia, to various plant-based electrolyte compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. One embodiment concerns a plant-based electrolyte composition comprising a plant-derived electrolyte content high in potassium relative to sodium, and a plant-derived carbohydrate content less than about 6% weight/volume. Another embodiment concerns a method for re-hydrating an individual or preventing dehydration or over-hydration of an individual or for preventing or treating potassium deficiency in an individual, by administering to the individual a plant-based electrolyte composition. The electrolyte compositions can be prepared from sugarcane juice, sugar beet juice, sweet sorghum juice, palm syrup, maple sap, vegetable juice or fruit juice.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 10, 2011
Issued:
February 28, 2013
Inventors:
Bandupala Wijesinghe, Kodanda Ram Reddy Mereddy, Roger Anthony Stanley
Application number: 20130045297
Abstract: This invention relates to electrolyte formulations and methods of use thereof to treat or prevent dehydration and taste fatigue. The electrolyte formulation of the invention addresses the needs of a broad population, particularly the needs of an older population. The electrolyte formulation of this invention comprises a dietary fiber source, such as Acacia Gum, a sodium ion source, a potassium ion source, a calcium ion source, a chloride ion source, and a citrate ion source.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 15, 2011
Issued:
February 21, 2013
Inventor:
PHILIP KNIGHT
Application number: 20130045915
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a weight-loss composition including protein and fat and methods of use. The weight loss composition is substantially free of carbohydrates. The composition induces body weight loss when administered to a subject as the only source of nutrition for at least 12 hours.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2012
Issued:
February 21, 2013
Assignee:
EUROPEAN KETOGENIC WEIGHT LOSS CLINICS LLC
Inventor:
Oliver R. DI PIETRO
Patent number: 8377487
Abstract: The invention refers to the use of a mixture of naringin, bitter orange extract and sepiolite to improve ruminal fermentation in ruminants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 8, 2009
Issued:
February 19, 2013
Assignee:
Exquim, S.A.
Inventors:
Maria del Mar Serra, Fernando Heredia, Francisco Javier Crespo, Joaquim Balcells
Application number: 20130040342
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing phytase variants has at least 70% identity to a phytase derived from Buttiauxella and comprises at least one additional disulfide bond as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have modified, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensitiliby, and/or an modified glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to the variants produced, DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g. in animal feed and animal feed additives.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 25, 2011
Issued:
February 14, 2013
Assignee:
NOVOZYMES A/S
Inventors:
Leonardo De Maria, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Michael Skjoet
Application number: 20130039991
Abstract: The application is in the field of transgenic (non-human) organisms, sialic acid chemistry, metabolism and antigenicity. More particularly, the invention is related to a method to produce Neu5Gc-free animals and products therefrom comprising disrupting the CMAH gene and thereby reducing or eliminating Neu5Gc from biological material of non-humans.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 20, 2012
Issued:
February 14, 2013
Inventors:
Ajit Varki, Anna Maria Hedlund, Dzung Nguyen
Application number: 20130034624
Abstract: Methods for managing animals can involve identifying a trait by analyzing a biological sample and determining a physical characteristic of a bovine subject using imaging. A method can include obtaining a targeted trait genetic value and determining a targeted trait value for a bovine subject using imaging. A method can include obtaining genetic information determined by identifying, in a biological sample from the first bovine subject, at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). An animal can be managed based on information that has been identified and/or obtained.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 7, 2009
Issued:
February 7, 2013
Assignees:
CARGILL, INCORPORATED, METAMORPHIX, INC.
Inventors:
Milton Alejandro Gorocica Buenfil, Duane Theuninck, Todd Raymond Allen, Larry Langford, Sue K. Denise, David Rosenfeld, Tom Holm, Dennis Fantin
Application number: 20130029006
Abstract: The invention provides a defined bird feed mixture that is intrinsically attractive to some desirable birds such as finches. The bird feed mixture of the invention attracts larger numbers of small birds than some commercially available finch bird feed mixtures. The bird feed mixture contains thistle, red millet and sunflower chips.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2012
Issued:
January 31, 2013
Assignee:
OMS Investments, Inc.
Inventor:
Mario OLMOS
Application number: 20130022707
Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in cereal grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plant grain, resulting in grain with increased digestibility/nutrient availability, improved amino acid composition/nutritional value, increased response to feed processing, improved silage quality, and increased efficiency of wet milling.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 14, 2012
Issued:
January 24, 2013
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi Bred International, Inc.
Inventors:
Rudolf Jung, Wang-Nan Hu, Robert B. Meeley, Vincent J.H. Sewalt, Ramesh Nair
Application number: 20130022706
Abstract: The invention provides feed additive compositions for supplementing the diet of an animal that can reduce the odor of manure produced by animals consuming the compositions. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing the compositions and methods of using the compositions as animal feed additives.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2011
Issued:
January 24, 2013
Assignee:
INCO DIGESTIVE, LLC
Inventor:
J. Kent Bamford
Application number: 20130017292
Abstract: A controlled release beadlet that sequentially releases carotenoids over time within the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, as well as a method of administering the carotenoids. The beadlet provides a specific ratio of carotenoids which release from the beadlet at preselected times during passage through the gastrointestinal tract. The method includes releasing the carotenoids in preselected ratios at specific time intervals in the gastrointestinal tract to mitigate competition between the carotenoids for their uptake, and/or to potentially maximize the uptake of individual carotenoids within a mixed carotenoid formulation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 13, 2012
Issued:
January 17, 2013
Assignee:
ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLC
Inventors:
Kevin W. Gellenbeck, Dawna Salter Venzon, Amitabh Chandra, Janjira Intra, Kerry A. Grann
Application number: 20130017293
Abstract: A nutritional composition for improving the immunological function of a subject, including a lipid or fat; a protein source; about 5 to about 100 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which comprises docosahexanoic acid; and about 0.1 to about 1 mg/100 kcal of a prebiotic composition, wherein the prebiotic composition comprises at least 20% of an oligosaccharide which has a fermentation rate which is demonstrably slower than that of galacto-oligosaccharide.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 14, 2012
Issued:
January 17, 2013
Inventors:
Francisco J. Rosales, Eric va Tol, Gyan P. Rai, Kristin Morris, Dattatreya Banavera, Dirk Hondmann, Zeina E. Jouni, Robert J. McMahon, Deborah A. Schade, Donald Carey Walker
Application number: 20130018106
Abstract: A method of using hop acids for increasing food and energy uptake from feed by livestock is described which includes delivering the hop acids for oral ingestion to the animals by mixing the acids with livestock feed. The acids are mixed with the feed in an amount to inhibit certain types of undesirable bacteria in the livestock's digestive system, thereby increasing the production of propionate and lactate and decreasing the production of methane gas.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 9, 2012
Issued:
January 17, 2013
Assignee:
John I. Haas, Inc.
Inventor:
John Paul Maye
Application number: 20130011514
Abstract: An animal feed mixture containing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine and salts thereof for animals kept in aquacultures is provided. Methods for preparing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine of formula (I) and methods to fractionate the diasteriomeric forms obtained are also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 14, 2012
Issued:
January 10, 2013
Assignee:
EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
Inventors:
Christoph KOBLER, Thomas Haeussner, Christoph Weckbecker
Application number: 20130004594
Abstract: Disclosed are oral rehydration compositions with sucrose, or alternatively fructose and glucose in a 1:1 ratio. The composition further comprises an osmolarity of below 250 mOsm/L, and sodium below 75 meq/L. Further disclosed are methods of treatment using the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 1, 2011
Issued:
January 3, 2013
Assignee:
Drip Drop, Inc.
Inventor:
Eduardo P. Dolhun
Application number: 20130005693
Abstract: The subject invention concerns the reduction of protein aggregation in the neurons of a mammal through the use of a ketogenic treatment such as a ketogenic diet, a physical training regimen and/or administration of agents to increase fatty acid oxidation. Such ketogenic treatment can be useful in the reduction of certain aggregates including amyloid ? peptide, polyglutamine containing huntintin protein, polyglutamine containing androgen receptor, polyglutamine containing atrophin-1, polyglutamine containing ataxins, ?-synclein, prion protein, tau and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 10, 2012
Issued:
January 3, 2013
Assignee:
ACCERA, INC.
Inventor:
Samuel T. Henderson
Patent number: 8343482
Abstract: The present invention relates in general to edible compositions comprising probiotics. One embodiment of the present invention relates to an edible composition comprising Bifidobacterium longum ATCC BAA-999. This composition can be used to attenuate reductions in hippocampal BDNF expression and/or to treat or prevent anxiety and related disorders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2009
Issued:
January 1, 2013
Assignee:
Nestec S.A.
Inventors:
Gabriela Bergonzelli, Kurt Ornstein, Christine Cherbut
Application number: 20120331575
Abstract: The invention provides a non-human transgenic animal comprising a transgene encoding angiogenin and food products comprising or obtained from the non-human transgenic animal and uses thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 18, 2010
Issued:
December 27, 2012
Assignees:
Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Limited
Inventors:
Peter Hobman, Matthew McDonagh, Benjamin Cocks, Angus Tester
Application number: 20120315352
Abstract: A food product high in calories from fat and carbohydrate is provided. The fat is incorporated in powder for later mixing with an aqueous medium to form a viscous liquid that is stable against phase separation of the oil and water. The product also includes protein and preferably at least one of vitamins and minerals. The food product has a low water activity and is packaged in a sealed container.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 8, 2011
Issued:
December 13, 2012
Inventors:
Sheri Scagliola, Michelle Perillo
Application number: 20120315353
Abstract: Breast milk collection, storage, and feeding apparatus comprising a first storage bottle and first and second differently sized feeding bottles, each of the three bottles having a mouth portion of the same diameter and a common external thread structure, and first and second dual port caps each sized and threaded to attach to each of the three bottles, each dual port cap further having a drip port and a draw port, a pressure relief vent formed therein; and a tethered closure plug unit attached thereto, each tethered closure plug unit having first and second tethered plugs shaped and dimensioned to plug or close a respective one of the drip and draw ports. The apparatus may be used in various manners to transfer milk from the storage bottle to a feeding bottle and to thereafter feed an infant by nipple, syringe, or a gravity/bolus technique.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 1, 2011
Issued:
December 13, 2012
Inventors:
Steve Becsi, Keith Rooks
Application number: 20120315345
Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention describe a novel use of capsanthin and/or fatty-acyl ester of capsanthin to inhibit both the differentiation of pre-adipocytes to adipocytes and the accumulation of fat in the adipocytes. One or more embodiments of the present invention are based on findings that capsanthin contained in some natural products such as red pepper, paprika, bell pepper, etc. have anti-adipogenic activity by inhibiting both the differentiation of pre-adipocyte into adipocyte and the accumulation of fat in adipocytes, Therefore, this findings provide a functional food and a pharmaceutical composition wherein capsanthins and the extract of any natural products containing the same components are included in the functional food and the pharmaceutical composition, to offer obesity prevention and/or treatment effects.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 29, 2012
Issued:
December 13, 2012
Assignee:
ESBIOTECH CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Byung-Hoon HAN, Jeong-Won KIM, Sung-Jun JO, Hye-Ok CHOI, Jung-Hwan KIM, Moo-Kang KIM, Il-Kwon PARK, Seung-Hwan LEE
Application number: 20120315339
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of a ruminant and or for improving ruminant animal performance by using, as active compound at least one nitrooxy alkanoic acid and/or derivative thereof, which is administrated to the animal together with the feed. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in feed and feed additives such as premix, concentrates and total mixed ration (TMR) or in the form of a bolus.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 10, 2010
Issued:
December 13, 2012
Inventors:
Stephane Duval, Maik Kindermann