US 11,723,382 B2
Feed pellets for ruminants
Taisuke Minohara, Tokyo (JP); Kana Sato, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Shinkura, Tokyo (JP); Kazuhiro Kurosu, Tokyo (JP); and Takeshi Iimori, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/326,709
Filed by NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2017, PCT No. PCT/JP2017/030526
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 20, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/038254, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. JP2016-165482 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0183143 A1, Jun. 20, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A23K 10/32 (2016.01); A23K 40/10 (2016.01)
CPC A23K 10/32 (2016.05) [A23K 40/10 (2016.05); A23K 50/10 (2016.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for preparing a feed pellet for ruminants containing a kraft pulp derived from a wood material, wherein the kraft pulp has a Canadian standard freeness of less than 400 ml, wherein the wood material comprises hardwoods and/or softwoods, wherein the pellet has a mechanical durability of 97.5% by mass or more and a water content of 15% by mass or less, comprising:
cooking a wood material under the conditions of H factor being 300 to 2000 to obtain a kraft pulp;
beating the kraft pulp using a beater to Canadian Standard Freeness of less than 400 mL;
pressing/compressing a kraft pulp having a moisture content of 15 to 35% by mass to obtain a pellet; and then
drying the pellet to a water content of 15% by mass or less.