Ruminant direct feeding suspension supplement

Claim 2

The direct feeding supplement for ruminants according to claim 1 wherein from about 60 to 100 percent of the total P2O5 content of said aqueous ammoniated superphosphoric acid is supplied from acid of the electric furnace type and the remainder from acid of the wet-process type.

Claim 3

The direct feedIng supplement for ruminants according to claim 1 wherein from about 80 to 100 percent of the total P2O5 content of said aqueous ammoniated superphosphoric acid is supplied from acid of the electric furnace type and the remainder from acid of the wet-process type.

Claim 4

The direct feeding supplement for ruminants according to claim 1, wherein in addition to said quantities of magnesium oxide there is also present calcium oxide in the range from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent by weight based on the weight of said feed supplement.

Claim 5

A direct feeding animal feed supplement eminently suitable for correcting and/or preventing deficiencies in the diet of ruminants, said deficiencies causing the occurrence of symptoms of hypomagnesemia which comprises in terms of percent by weight of said supplement: a. water in amounts ranging from about 13 to about 19 percent; b. clay suspending agent selected from the group consisting of attapulgite, bentonite, and mixtures thereof, in the amounts ranging from about 1 to about 2 percent; c. urea in amount ranging from about 5 to about 25 percent; d. in amounts ranging from about 3 to about 20 percent ammoniated superphosphoric acid having at least 70 percent of the P2O5 values therein as condensed ammoniated polyphosphoric acid species including pyrophosphoric acid, tripolyphosphoric acid, as well as species more condensed than said tripolyphosphoric acid; e. at least about 20 percent of the total P2O5 present in said ammoniated superphosphoric acid in (d) supra being present as said tripolyphosporic acid species; f. aqueous soluble ruminant edible sucrose material including molasses (based on 7 percent protein content) in the amounts ranging from about 26 to about 60 percent; g. overfeeding preventative selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride, and mixtures thereof, in amounts ranging for said ammonium sulfate from about 0.2 to about 1.0 percent and for said sodium chloride from about 0.2 to about 2.5 percent; and h. MgO, with at least a portion of said MgO suspended therein, ranging from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent; said feed supplement being further characterized by the fact that the predetermined quantities of nonprotein nitrogen derived from said urea and said ammoniated superphosphoric acid in items (c) and (d) supra are such that there is provided a direct feeding supplement containing sufficient values of magnesium and limited values of said nonprotein nitrogen in relation to the protein nitrogen supplied by the bulk diet to the ruminant, that ingestion of said supplement by the ruminant will ensure sufficient magnesium in the blood serum thereof to prevent and/or correct occurrence of hypomagnesemia and at the same time the quantities of nonprotein nitrogen present therein are held to predetermined levels such that ingestion of the supplement is compatible with the metabolic characteristics of said ruminant; said predetermined quantities of said nonprotein nitrogen totaling from about 4.9 to about 10.9 percent by weight of said feed supplement.

Claim 6

A direct feeding animal feed supplement eminently suitable for correcting and/or preventing deficiencies in the diet of ruminants, said deficiencies causing the occurrence of symptoms of hypomagnesemia which comprises in terms of percent by weight of said supplement: a. water in amounts ranging from about 10 to about 25 percent; b. clay suspending agent selected from the group consisting of attapulgite, bentonite, and mixtures thereof, in the amounts ranging from about 0.5 to about 3 percent; c. urea in amount ranging from about 5 to about 25 percent; d. in amounts ranging from about 3 to about 30 percent ammoniated superphosphoric acid havIng at least 70 percent of the P2O5 values therein as condensed ammoniated polyphosphoric acid species including pyrophosphoric acid, tripolyphosphoric acid, as well as species more condensed than said tripolyphosphoric acid; e. at least about 20 percent of the total P2O5 present in said ammoniated superphosphoric acid in (d) supra being present as said tripolyphosphoric acid species; f. aqueous soluble ruminant edible sucrose material including molasses (based on 7 percent protein content) in the amounts ranging from about 20 to about 65 percent; g. overfeeding preventative selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride, and mixtures thereof, in amounts ranging from about 0.2 to about 2 percent for said ammonium sulfate and from about 0.2 to about 3 percent for said sodium chloride; and h. MgCl2.6H2O, with at least a portion of said MgCl2.6H2O suspended therein, ranging from about 0.5 to about 2.0 percent; said feed supplement being further characterized by the fact that the predetermined quantities of nonprotein nitrogen derived from said urea and said ammoniated superphosphoric acid in items (c) and (d) supra are such that that there is provided a direct feeding supplement containing sufficient values of magnesium and limited values of said nonprotein nitrogen in relation to the protein nitrogen supplied by the bulk diet to the ruminant, that ingestion of said supplement by the ruminant will ensure sufficient magnesium in the blood serum thereof to prevent and/or correct occurrence of hypomagnesemia and at the same time the quantities of nonprotein nitrogen present therein are held to predetermined levels such that ingestion of the supplement is compatible with the metabolic characteristics of said ruminant; said predetermined quantities of said nonprotein nitrogen totaling from about 2.6 to about 14.8 percent by weight of said feed supplement.