US 11,805,793 B2
Feed additive composition for ruminants
Susumu Shibahara, Kawasaki (JP); Sachiko Yonemaru, Kawasaki (JP); Koji Haga, Kawasaki (JP); Yuki Miyazawa, Kawasaki (JP); and Takaaki Sato, Ueda (JP)
Assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,460.
Application 17/362,460 is a continuation of application No. 16/394,594, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,076,618.
Application 16/394,594 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/039006, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-211131 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321642 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A23K 40/30 (2016.01); A23K 20/142 (2016.01); A23K 20/174 (2016.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23K 10/20 (2016.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.01)
CPC A23K 50/10 (2016.05) [A23K 10/20 (2016.05); A23K 10/30 (2016.05); A23K 20/142 (2016.05); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23K 20/174 (2016.05); A23K 40/30 (2016.05)] 20 Claims
 
1. A feed additive composition, comprising:
(A) from 30 wt % to less than 60 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil and hydrogenated animal oil each having a melting point of from higher than 50° C. to lower than 90° C.;
(B) from 0.05 wt % to 6 wt %; based on the total weight of the composition, of lecithin;
(C) from 30 wt % to less than 65 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a biologically active substance;
(D) from 0.01 wt % to less than 0.8 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a natural vegetable oil; and
from 0.1 wt % to less than 6 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, of water.