Abstract: Acid compositions for ruminants containing a plurality of acid-neutralizing salts with pKa's effective at different ruminant gastrointestinal pH ranges and an active probiotic culture capable of stimulating the growth and concentration of beneficial acid-consuming rumen microorganisms. Methods for preventing clinical and sub-clinical acidosis in ruminants with the acid-neutralizing salts and feed compositions to which the acid-neutralizing salts have been added are also disclosed.

Abstract: Whole food equine formulations provided by the invention include well balanced nutritional supplements providing nutrients and vitamins, among other benefits. The whole food formulations generally promote, for example, better cell utilization instead of cell saturation, which results in increased overall general physiological and psychological health of subject animals including horses.

Abstract: A composition of probiotics, vitamins and minerals, electrolytes with glutamine and glucose along with medium chain triglycerides are provided as a supplement to animals. This is administered to cattle, calves, sheep, pigs, horses, dogs, and cats that are experiencing stress and or are undergoing medical drug therapy to treat conditions of diseases along with pre and post operative surgical conditions. The composition helps correct imbalances in beneficial bacteria, provides energy and helps in rehydration to reduce recovery time from stress or in disease treatment in these animals.

Abstract: A dried pet food which is able to mechanically clean the teeth of pets when chewed. The dried pet food is based on a matrix of a denatured protein source and a gelatinized carbohydrate source. Insoluble fiber is bound within the matrix. Further, a humectant is included within the gelatinized matrix in an amount sufficient for reducing the brittleness of the dried pet food.

Abstract: A pet food and method for manufacturing pet food is provided. The method includes extruding a base meal formulation, grinding the extruded meal, and pressure forming the ground meal into solid form.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ruminant feed supplement for the treatment of milk fever. According to the invention rice bran that has been subjected to a ruminal bypass treatment is used in the feed of dairy cows. The ruminal bypass treatment may for instance be selected from the chemical cross-linking, physical cross-linking, coating, or combinations thereof. The invention further relates to the use of rice bran for the manufacture of a composition for the prophylactic treatment of parturient paresis in ruminants, wherein the rice bran has been subjected to a ruminal bypass treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates the nucleotide sequence from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encoding a glucan dikinase enzyme and to methods of use; to modified starch, as well as production and uses thereof. The starch has modified properties of viscosity and a modified phosphate content.

Abstract: One or more partial oxidation products of glycerol are reacted with a protein-containing fodder or fodder precursor to provide a rumen undegradable protein-containing ruminant feed product. The reaction may take place more rapidly, or at lower addition levels, or at lower temperatures than is the case when reacting spent sulfite liquor with protein-containing fodder. The partial oxidation products conveniently may be provided as a glycerose liquor containing glycerose and other side products of a glycerol oxidation reaction. The glycerose liquor may in turn conveniently be prepared by partially oxidizing biodiesel-derived glycerol.

Abstract: A method of dewatering corn stillage solids comprising adding to the solids an effective coagulating and flocculating amount of an anionic copolymer comprising acrylic acid sodium salt, methacrylic acid sodium salt or 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt to form a mixture of water and coagulated and flocculated solids; and separating the water from the coagulated and flocculated solids using a dewatering device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved poultry breeder feed diet composition and uses incorporating the feed diet composition. The breeder feed diet compositions include byproduct or waste material from citrus juice extraction. The citrus peel byproduct compositions improve poultry breeder characteristics and economics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for improving milk production in a ruminant. An amount of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of a feed is manipulated to include a first selected ratio of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of the feed which is fed to the ruminant during a first time interval after parturition. After the first time interval, the amount of ruminally digestible starch component in the dry matter of the feed is adjusted to a second ratio, lower than the first ratio, and fed to the ruminant.

Abstract: A nutritious, flavorful, digestible animal chew made from a dehydrated sweet potato is provided. The animal chew is non-allergenic and has a striated, deeply furrowed surface to improve the oral hygiene of an animal. The animal chew is low in calories, high in vitamins, minerals, and fiber and contains no animal-based or synthetic products.

Abstract: The subject invention provides unique feeds for non-domesticated captive wild browsers, including zoo animals. Compositions of the subject invention provide fiber having a structure that is particularly advantageous for captive browsers and the like. The subject invention surprisingly provides cottonseed hulls as a preferred feed for captive browsers. This source of fiber is also provided in an amount that is effective for treating (or preventing) acidosis and similar digestive disorders in captive browsers. These compositions and the methods disclosed herein surprisingly provide a very simple and economical solution to preventing and treating acidosis and the like in such animals.

Abstract: Methods of preparing a liquid suspension are provided. According to one aspect, the method includes mixing, simultaneously or in separate steps, at least: (a) a liquid source of digestible organic matter, wherein the liquid source of digestible organic matter includes: (i) water in a concentration of at least 25% by weight of the liquid source of digestible organic matter; and (ii) digestible organic matter in a concentration of at least 5% by weight of the liquid source of digestible organic matter, wherein the digestible organic matter comprises starch in a concentration of at least 10% by weight on a dry-matter basis. The liquid source of digestible organic matter is mixed with: (b) an alkali or alkali source and/or (c) a water-insoluble material selected from the group consisting of a nutrient, a medicament, and any combination thereof in any proportion. The mixing proportions and conditions are selected to obtain a resulting mixture have desirable dry-matter content and physical characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed are a transgenic plant and a transformed plant cell containing a heterologous nucleic acid that includes a sweet potato sporamin SPO promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding a polypeptide. Also disclosed are uses of the plant or cell.

Abstract: This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides and polypeptides in the phytic acid biosynthetic pathway, fragments, variants and derivatives of same; methods for making the polynucleotides, polypeptides, fragments, variants, derivatives and antagonists. In particular the invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides of the inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6-kinase gene family. In particular this invention relates to using the newly identified polynucleotides and polypeptides to modulate the phytic acid biosynthesis in such a way as to decrease phytate and/or increase non-phytate phosphorous, especially in corn or soy animal feedstuffs.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating silage are provided. In one aspect, a method for treating silage includes applying a composition comprising at least Lactobacillus diolivorans to the silage. As a result of the presence of this composition the amount of dry matter recovered is increased and the aerobic stability of the silage is improved.

Abstract: The invention provides method and compositions for the modulation of anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin production in plants. The methods of the invention allow creation of plants having novel phenotypes. Increased expression of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in plants may be used to increase the nutritional value of food plants for both human and animal consumption. Increased proanthocyanidin content also reduces the potential for bloat in animals fed certain forage plants low in condensed tannin content. The invention may also be used to modify plant pigmentation, and for nutraceutical and food colorant production.

Abstract: Nutraceutical preparations of Trigonella foenum-graceum L useful in improving the weight gain, feed efficiency and reducing mortality in animals, when administered in the diet or drinking water.

Abstract: Method for incorporating polyunsaturated fatty acids into milk with improved efficiency. The methods include protecting the polyunsaturated fatty acids, including omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, with a protective agent prior to feeding the fatty acids to a milk producing animal. Methods for feeding polyunsaturated fatty acids to milk producing animals by top dressing a polyunsaturated fatty acid supplement on top of animal feed compositions and methods of making and using such compositions are also provided.

Abstract: This application is directed to a corn-based feed component formed from a combination of corn components. The feed components described herein generally include at least about 75 percent by weight of a combination of corn components. Generally, the corn components of the feed products are low in starch as compared to whole kernel corn, and are thus somewhat enriched in bran and germ (as determined, for example, on a dry mass basis). Typically, such feed components have a glycemic response comparable to that of rolled oats, thereby providing a source of energy that is safer than corn, and equally as safe as oats and high fat rice bran.

Abstract: A dietary source of mineral in the form of a metal carboxylate is prepared using the acid-base-like reaction. A salt of a carboxylate anion and a by-product cation is reacted in aqueous solution with a salt of a metal cation and a by-product anion under conditions which form a metal carboxylate and the by-product salt. Solutions formed in the reaction may be applied directly to a dry carrier to produce a dry dietary supplement or, alternatively, the solutions may be filtered to remove precipitated by-product salt and the filtrate used as a liquid dietary supplement. Preferably, a reducing agent, such as ascorbic acid, is added to help prevent the oxidation of divalent to trivalent form of a metal salt, when an easily oxidized divalent metal is used as starting material.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided null-LOX-1 barley and plant products produced thereof, such as malt manufactured by using barley kernels defective in synthesis of the fatty acid-converting enzyme lipoxygenase-1. Said enzyme accounts for the principal activity related to conversion of linoleic acid into 9-hydroperoxy octadecadienoic acid, a lipoxygenase pathway metabolite, which-through further enzymatic or spontaneous reactions may lead to the appearance of trans-2-nonenal. The invention enables brewers to produce a beer devoid of detectable trans-2-nonenal-specific off flavors, even after prolonged storage of the beverage.

Abstract: A source of dietary lipids containing anti-microbial fatty acids is added to a food composition intended for improving or maintaining the skin health and/or coat quality in a pet by preventing or regulating the growth of skin pathogens and of microflora responsible for the generation of body surface and coat odors.

Abstract: A fanning feed for fish in freshwater, wherein, in addition to the content of starch as an ordinary binder, there has been added to the feed up to 25 g per kg of constituent feed ingredients of a faecal binder of a non-starch type, and methods of making and using the same. The feed may be of a pressed or extruded type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to propionic acid-comprising compositions in solid and essentially pure form comprising at least one compound according to formula (I) (Mn+)(H+)x(CH3CH2C(O)O?)(n+x)??(I), where Mn+ is an n-valent alkali metal cation or alkaline earth metal cation, n being equal to 1 or 2; and x is a number in the range from 0.25 to 5; with the proviso that x is not in the range from 0.75 to 1.75 when Mn+ is potassium; a method for producing such propionic acid-comprising compositions; and also the use of such compositions as silage additive, preservative, acidifier, food supplement, feedstuff or feedstuff additive for animal feed.

Abstract: [Problem] To promote the early weight increase of livestock, reduce blood triglyceride levels and obtain good meat quality. [Solution] The invention offers a feed composition comprising 0.01-1 wt % of koji obtained by growing Aspergillus on a substrate containing a substance anaerobically fermented by a yeast. Additionally, it offers a livestock raising method comprising feeding the livestock a feed composition obtained by adding, to a common feed composition, koji in an amount of 0.01-1 wt % with respect to the total weight of the feed composition. In particular, the koji is obtained by growing Aspergillus on a substrate containing a substance anaerobically fermented by a yeast, the Aspergillus being chosen from the group consisting of Asp. oryzae, Asp. awamori and Asp. sojae.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding delta-5 desaturase along with a method of making long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using this delta-5 desaturase in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising stevensite or at least one stevensite-containing component for adsorption of mycotoxins. The invention further relates to an animal feed formulation and to a process for animal feed treatment, in which this composition is used.

Abstract: A cat or dog food bar containing ellagitannin compounds to reduce or prevent a dog or cat's chance of developing a benign or malignant tumor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the same.

Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carbon levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carbon-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased carbon levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to promoters that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.

Abstract: An animal feed includes a first amount of a plant-based supplement, a second amount of base animal food, and a composition of nutrient additives in an amount and composition calculated according to a modified nutrient profile associated with a mixture of the base animal food with the plant-based supplement at a set ratio of the second amount to the first amount. The plant-based supplement may include cooked pumpkin. Also, the composition of nutrient additives may include selected ones of choline, calcium, taurine, and L-Carnitine.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: An increased density dry pet food product is provided having a bulk density of 25 to pounds per cubic food, residual ?-amylase activity in the range of 0.1 to 57 NU per gram of the pet food product, and having a maintained or increased softness. A method of producing the dry pet food product is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the increase in yield in a plant organisms by reducing gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material and plants.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.

Abstract: A method for treating silage to enhance aerobic stability by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri, LN5665, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. The strain of Lactobacillus buchneri disclosed in the invention has been purified and isolated and has been found to be nontoxic, safe and able to improve aerobic stability of silage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an astaxanthin pigment product obtained by semi-synthesis from marigold extract to substantially enhance the feeding and growth rates of commercially cultivated aquatic species when added to the feed mixture in concentrations useful in producing fish and shrimp coloration. More particularly, this product induces growth rates substantially greater than any currently available feed additive for salmon, trout and shrimp.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for making and using thermotolerant phytases, e.g., a method of using a thermotolerant phytase in feed and food processing and feed or food products comprising a thermotolerant phytase.

Abstract: An ethanol unit and anaerobic digestion/bio-fertilizer unit are integrated with a cattle feedlot (or dairy operation), wherein a continuous, balanced process yields a sanitary, low- to zero-pollution, and economically efficient production of “clean beef” (or milk), fuel ethanol, and bio-gas/bio-fertilizer. Fossil fuel consumption is substantially reduced, even eliminated, and 100% of the cattle waste is treated in digesters wherein it is converted into medium-BTU gas (bio-gas), organic fertilizer and bio-compost. The ethanol unit serves the purposes of ethanol production, grain pretreatment to produce feed for the cattle and production of a thin stillage which is fed to the digesters. The grain is first processed in the ethanol unit, where the starch portion is converted into ethanol and CO2.

Abstract: A method of production of a biofuel from the open ocean surface by testing the ocean surface waters to determine the nutrients that are missing and testing the currents to determine a suitable area for the application of the missing nutrients so that the increased production of biomass created can be harvested and the harvested biomass processed to obtain a biofuel suitable for energy production.

Abstract: An animal feed such as a milk replacer includes a soluble fiber and a sugar alcohol. The milk replacer enhances weight gain, starter intake and reduces weaning time. The method of feeding the animal includes feeding a mixture of a soluble fiber and sugar alcohol. The animal feed may be used as a method of weaning young ruminants such as calves.

Abstract: This invention concerns the construction of transgenic soybean lines wherein the expression of genes encoding seed storage proteins are modulated to effect a change in seed storage protein profile of transgenic plants. Modification of the seed storage protein profile can result in the production of novel soy protein products with unique and valuable functional characteristics.