Method and composition for enhancing milk production and milk component concentrations

摘要

A method of feeding a ruminant that entails providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, where the feed is free of rumen-protected fatty acid or comprises less than 10 weight percent rumen-protected fatty acid, based on the total weight of the feed and further entails orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, where the ruminant ingests the feed and sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period.

主权项

1. A method of feeding a ruminant, the method comprising:
providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, the sugar alcohol fully digestible in the rumen of the ruminant, the feed free of glycerol; and orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, the ruminant ingesting the feed with the sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period at least when the pregnant ruminant is not lactating; wherein ingesting the sugar alcohol in the feed during the pre-partum period causes the ruminant to increase milk component concentration during milk production after the ruminant gives birth.