Abstract: A feedstuff supplement comprising urea or a derivative thereof as a source of nutritive nitrogen and a compound selected from the group consisting of orotic acid and derivatives of orotic acid of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, glucosyl or ribosyl, in a minor proportion for increasing the assimilation of urea by herbivorous animals, and a vegetable based feedstuff containing the supplement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 1978
Date of Patent:
December 30, 1980
Assignee:
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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