US 12,108,775 B2
Growth performance improvements in pasture and feedlot systems
Nigel William Tomkins, Camp Mountain (AU); Rocky De Nys, Townsville (AU); Robert Douglas Kinley, Acton (AU); Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Townsville (AU); Lorenna Machado, Townsville (AU); and Nicholas Andrew Paul, Townsville (AU)
Assigned to COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Acton (AU); MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, North Sydney (AU); and JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, Townsville (AU)
Filed by COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Acton (AU); MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, North Sydney (AU); and JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, Townsville (AU)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,190.
Application 17/314,190 is a continuation of application No. 16/321,070, granted, now 11,006,655, previously published as PCT/AU2016/050689, filed on Jul. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259284 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23K 10/30 (2016.01); A23K 10/16 (2016.01); A23K 20/20 (2016.01); A23K 20/24 (2016.01); A23K 40/10 (2016.01); A23K 40/20 (2016.01); A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A61K 36/02 (2006.01)
CPC A23K 10/30 (2016.05) [A23K 10/16 (2016.05); A23K 20/20 (2016.05); A23K 20/24 (2016.05); A23K 40/10 (2016.05); A23K 40/20 (2016.05); A23K 50/10 (2016.05); A61K 36/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A method for improving the growth performance of a ruminant livestock animal in a farming system including:
providing a red marine macroalgae to a farming system to enable consumption of the red marine macroalgae by a ruminant livestock animal in the farming system;
thereby improving the growth performance of the livestock animal in the system,
wherein the red marine macroalgae is prepared by adding the red marine macroalgae to a natural base or raw material and/or additive, or wherein the red marine macroalgae is prepared by a method of preparing a ruminant animal feed supplement comprising the step of adding the red marine macroalgae to an excipient; and
wherein the red marine macroalgae is an Asparagopsis species.