Micronutrient supplement

摘要

A micronutrient supplement which is made by reacting a metal oxide, or metal hydroxide, or metal carbonate of an essential mineral and an acid and/or a metal salt of an essential mineral containing a digestible binder to form a slurry of micronutrient crystals and a digestible binder and forming agglomerated particles of the micronutrient crystals from the slurry. The agglomerated particles provide a non-dusting, free-flowing micronutrient supplement that can be produced with desired particle sizes and densities so as to be easily mixed with a variety of feed mixtures. The digestible binder in the agglomerated particles reduces the opportunity for interactions between the micronutrient crystals and other ingredients that can be present in complex feed mixtures while allowing release of the micronutrients in an animal's digestive system.

主权项

1. A micronutrient supplement that comprises crystals of a basic salt of at least one essential mineral which crystals are agglomerated with a digestible binder to form digestible agglomerated particles,
wherein the size of the crystals is from about 0.1 μm to about 20 μm and the size of the digestible agglomerated particles is from about 50 μm to about 300 μm.