Abstract: The present invention relates to gelled feed products, means for making said products and a method for manufacturing gelled feed products. The product comprises 80-98 weight % raw material of animal or marine origin pre-treated with KOH and/or NaOH, KHCO3, K2CO3, NaHCO3, Na2CO3, or (NH4)2CO3 and 0.5-5 weight % alginate or pectin, a calcium source standard feed ingredients and calcium. The product may contain 0-10 weight % fish meal or carbohydrates. Said means are raw material of animal or marine origin pre-treated with alkali giving said raw material a pH of 8-12. The method comprises mixing raw materials of marine or animal origin, comprising offals, alginate or pectin, and a calcium source and standard feed ingredients, particulating said mixture into any useful geometrical shape, expose it to acid treatment in a bath. The raw material is pre-treated with alkali or to addition of alginate or pectin. The resulting mixture is formed into desired shape and treated in an acid bath to form the gelled product.

Abstract: An organic waste treatment process, for treating pathogen containing organic sludge and producing pathogen free liquid acidic fertilizer. Concentrated sulfuric acid is added to the organic sludge on a one-to-one basis with solids contained within the sludge. The concentrated sulfuric acid reacts with the organic sludge to neutralize pathogens by carbonizing the sludge, pasteurizing the sludge through heat of hydration, and chemically disinfecting the sludge through the production of sulfur dioxide. An efficient acidic liquid fertilizer is created by neutralizing the pathogens, by reacting with phospholipids and proteins to create phosphoric acid and nitric acid, and by a reduction in mass and volume through the production of waste gases that are allowed to escape.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for providing controlled protection for hygroscopic ingredients that will be exposed to moist or humid environments for significant periods of time by encapsulating the hygroscopic ingredients with a controlled-protection lipid coating. The methods and compositions are particularly useful for stabilizing a hygroscopic bioactive substance, such as choline chloride or lysine hydrochloride, in an animal feed composition and also providing adequate rumen protection in ruminant feeds.

Abstract: A calcium-enriched organic fertilizer for acid soil and/or a magnesium-enriched organic fertilizer for field products and/or a silica-enriched organic fertilizer for paddy field products, and its manufacturing method. The method includes elimination of saline matters harmful to the soil and plants/animals from organic waste including food waste, adding quick lime and/or dolomite for hydration, and introducing a drying exhaust gas having a high CO2 content generated from the factory, an exhaust gas from a line calcining kiln, or an out sourced CO2 gas into a heretically sealed mixer, aging tank and hydration tank in the reverse order to cause a carbonation reaction between CO2 and the dissociated ions of the additives to make the organic waste in a weak alkaline state, and adding a siliceous material.

Abstract: Improved compositions and processes for making a livestock feed supplement including compressing a mixture of materials that has wet cake into a feedblock for a livestock animal. Advantages of the compositions and processes are an increase in efficiency and a savings of energy, including the use of less syrup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly stable, readily handleable preparation for use in animal feeds. The preparation comprises sorbic acid, at least one other liquid acid and one other solid organic acid and if appropriate a carrier. The active compound content (as acid) is always greater than 80% by weight. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the preparation alone in feeds or in mixture with other feed additives to improve the hygienic status of the feed and for growth promotion in farm animal husbandry.

Abstract: A method of feeding young, weaned swine, that includes applying a liquid digest onto a feed substance to form a feed material, the liquid digest including an enzymatically-processed material, and providing the feed material to the young, weaned swine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a homogeneous high-fat food provided in the form of food flakes, to a method for producing the same and to the use thereof for promoting the growth, the ingestion of food, and the condition of freshwater and saltwater fish and invertebrates. The inventive food flakes are used to improve resistance to stress, to prevent losses due to unfavorable keeping conditions such as high temperatures in the summer and low temperatures in the winter when keeping pond fish, and to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous excretion which promotes algae growth.

Abstract: A composition and method for soil acidification. The composition is provided in a sulfur humate granule. The granule includes elemental sulfur, micronized humate, and a binding agent wherein the ratio of micronized humate to sulfur is about 1:4. The granule is preferably applied to the soil in a band with other fertilizers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a product for use in animal feedstuffs. The product comprises sorbic acid and live or dead microorganisms which secrete bacteriocins, or the bacteriocins themselves or combinations thereof and, where appropriate, a carrier. The invention further relates to the use of the product on its own in feedstuffs or in a mixture with other feed additives for improving the hygienic status of the feed and for improving performance in agricultural livestock rearing.

Abstract: Magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), suitable for use as a slow-release fertilizer for example, is produced by mixing animal manure with a pre-specified amount of a magnesium-rich compound. A pre-specified amount of an enzyme, such as an urease or uricase, is added to the resultant mixture. The temperature and pH of this mixture are maintained within a pre-specified range to facilitate precipitation of the magnesium ammonium phosphate. Optionally, the enzyme-supplemented mixture may be inoculated with a pre-specified amount of bacteria, such as Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus globisporus, or Bacillus fusiformis, or a species of Bacillus identified as Bacillus sp. SB1. This bacteria-supplemented mixture is then allowed to incubate for about 14 days to form struvite.

Abstract: Process for transforming the residues left after tanning without chroming and the products thereby obtained, based on the process of homogenizing (2) the raw material (1), which consists of the leftovers of the tanning industry, such as remnants of skin with hair, trimmings, suede, etc. A mineral acid (3) is added to the mixture, as are semi-metals and metals (4) with a valency of 0, phenol and phenolate (15). The mixture is put in a pressure vessel (5) and is filtered (6) to separate the liquid portion (7) and the solid part (9), which can be neutralized (10) or treated with micro organisms (13). This process is intended to be used in the leather and fur industry as well as in agriculture.

Abstract: A pet treat in a sealed container. The treat is in the form of one or more pieces of a formulated food product. Each piece has a fried body of a thermally gelled matrix containing protein and starch. Further, each piece has a moisture content of above about 25 % by weight. The pet treat may be retorted. If not retorted, it may include a preservative and preferably have a reduced pH. The non-retorted treat pieces are provided in a sealed container comprising a pouch.

Abstract: Provided is a pet food or feed which contains an oil or fat composition having the following components (A) and (B): (A) 10 wt. % or more of diglycerides which contain, as constituent fatty acids, 50 wt. % or more of unsaturated C14-24 fatty acids and 40 wt. % or less of unsaturated fatty acids having at least 20 carbon atoms and at least 4 carbon-carbon double bonds; and (B) 20 wt. % or less of free fatty acids, wherein a weight ratio of the diglycerides to monoglycerides≧1. The pet food or feed according to the present invention is reduced in an offensive odor derived from animal proteins, particularly, meats and therefore, does not make pet owners or neighbors feel uncomfortable. It can be prepared without a cumbersome step, only by substituting the part or whole of its oil or fat for a specific oil or fat composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of disinfecting and stabilizing organic wastes wherein organic waste is intimately mixed with one or more mineral by-products to produce a mixture having a pH of less than about 9. The mixture is heated and dried to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product that may be used for example, as a fertilizer, soil amendment or as a soil substitute. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the heat for heating and/or drying the mixture is provided by residual heat in at least one of the one or more mineral by-products. Also provided are stable, granular bio-mineral products formed by the methods of the present invention and fertilizers, soil amendments, and soil substitutes that include these stable, granular bio-mineral products. Further provided are systems for disinfecting and stabilizing organic waste, and systems for making a stable, granular bio-mineral product.

Abstract: A method of disinfecting and stabilizing organic wastes where organic waste is intimately mixed with one or more mineral by-products to produce a mixture having a pH of less than about 9. The mixture is heated and dried to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product that may be used for example, as a fertilizer, soil amendment or as a soil substitute. Also provided are stable, granular bio-mineral products formed by the methods of the present invention and fertilizers, soil amendments, and soil substitutes that include these stable, granular bio-mineral products. Further provided are systems for disinfecting and stabilizing organic waste, and systems for making a stable, granular bio-mineral product.

Abstract: A liquid soil conditioning composition is disclosed. The composition is in the form of an aqueous dispersion of rock lime and sulfur where the atomic ratio of calcium to sulfur is in the range 0.9:1 to 1.3:1. The particle size of the rock lime and the sulfur is 5 &mgr;m average. The liquid compositions improve the agricultural productivity of clay soils.

Abstract: A feed supplement is disclosed comprising heme purified from animal blood. Animals fed this supplement experience a significantly lower average daily gain and average daily feed intake when compared with feed supplemented with fishmeal or AP 301. Only the animals fed the heme supplement exhibit improved meat quality, including improved meat color and drip loss.

Abstract: This invention concerns the formulation and preparation of ammonium- and urea-free solid-chemical compositions for the anaerobic bioremediation of environmental contamination using the biological process of denitrification. The composition includes nitrate salts and may also include additional sources of nutrient phosphorus, potassium and trace elements. The use of complex phosphates (i.e., salts of phosphoric acid) is used as a combined binder-nutrient system. The use of complex phosphates in this manner enables the water-based agglomeration of the composition into granular forms in a manner which greatly improves upon the safety of the commonly known “Tennessee Valley Authority” type granulation processes by reducing or eliminating the use of the highly toxic and dangerous chemicals anhydrous ammonia, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid.

Abstract: A fertilizer granule comprises: i) an elemental sulfur and swelling clay matrix, and ii) at least one additional fertilizer material incorporated into said matrix.