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The present invention relates to an edible thermoplastic made from about 30 to 50 wt. % protein comprising a mixture of plant and animal derived protein, about 20 to 50 wt. % starch about 10 to 20 wt. % water, about 1 to 10 wt. % edible fiber, and about 0.5 to 3 wt. % metallic salt hydrate. When molded, the thermoplastic has good strength and stiffness and other physical properties. The edible thermoplastic may be molded in a variety of shapes including a segmented nutritional pet chew with a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of scores. The scores serve to structurally weaken the pet chew so that it may be broken into smaller pieces. When molded the edible thermoplastic has a density of about 1.2 to 1.5 g / cubic centimeters.

A preparation method of a ferment Chinese Traditional Herbs for feeding belongs to the production field of the feed additives. The technical proposal provided by the present invention is that one or various intestinal probiotics is inoculated on a cultivation matrix containing extracts of Chinese Traditional Herbs, and undergoes ferment cultivation in a proper condition. The probiotics include Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, and candida utilis, etc, and the selected Chinese Traditional Herbs include astragalus, atractlylis lancea formalyrata, codonopsis pilosula, pericarpium citri reticulatae, and atractylis atractylis ovata, etc. The ferment Chinese Traditional Herbs for feeding provided by the present invention used to breed the livestock and the poultry is capable of preventing and treating epidemic diseases and improving the growth of the animal. The biological ferment of the water extract of Chinese Traditional Herbs by the probiotics is utilized to produce the elements with higher activities, thereby improving the absorption, transportation, metabolism, activation and medical efficacy of the Chinese Traditional Herbs in human body.

The invention provides a Chinese herbal medicinal feed additive for preventing and controlling swine infectious disease. The swine feed additive consists of 37 Chinese medicinal herbs, namely, gypsum, rehmannia root, rhinoceros horn, golden thread, cape jasmine fruit, tree peony bark, baical skullcap root, red paeony root, figwort root, common anemarrhena rhizome, forsythia suspensa , platycodon root, liquorice root, common lophatherum herb, amur corktree bark, honeysuckle flower, Chinese pulsatilla root, indigowoad root, heartleaf houttuynia herb, astragalus, szechwon tangshan root, hawkthorn fruit, medicated leaven, barley sprout, radish seed, chicken's gizzard -membrane, Chinese thorowax root, common andrographis herb, philippine violet herb, tuber fleeceflower root, massa medicata fermentata fujianensis, cyrtomium rhizome, tung leaf, tangerine peel, white paeony root, pine needle and indigowoad leaf through scientific compatibility. The feed additive is added into swine feed in the proportion; under the condition of not using any vaccine, the feed additive can effectively prevent and cure severe mixed flu symptoms, infection and other syndromes caused by swine respiratory disease, asthma, contagious pleuropneumonia, swine virus mixed flu, high swine fever, porcine circovirus, swine fever, flu, pseudorabies, salmonellosis, bacillosis, streptococcus, erysipelas, paratyphoid, eperythrozoon, toxoplasm and other multi-pathogeny and provides genuine green food for the market.

The invention discloses a Chinese herbal livestock feed additive and the application thereof, belonging to the technical field of preparation of livestock farming feed. The Chinese herbal livestock feed additive is powder prepared from hawthorn, medicated leaven, fried malt, yam, barley, licorice, Chinese angelica, astragalus, Codonopsis, lily, Ophiopogon, Atractylodes lancea, bighead atractylodes rhizome, betel nut, Cyrtomium fortunei, Agrimonia pilosa, cortex acanthopanacis, Curculigo, Citrus aurantium, basil, mugwort, garlic powder, onion powder, Elsholtzia grass, semen cassiae, mustard Seed, Ligustrum lucidum, rangooncreeper Fruit, radish seed, psoralen, dodder and other Chinese herbs according to the conventional preparation technology. Compared with the prior art, the Chinese herbal livestock feed additive has prominent substantive features and significant advantages of capability of improving disease resistance and disease prevention, no hormone, no toxic side effect, and delicious, safe, reliable, healthy and green livestock meat.

PCT No. PCT / IL98 / 00437 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 8, 2000 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 8, 2000 PCT Filed Sep. 10, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO99 / 12429 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 1999A method of bioconversion of organic industrial or agricultural cellulose containing wastes into proteinaceous product. The method comprises comminution of the wastes with moistening and addition of a starting culture inducing their biological degradation and conversion into simple carbohydrates. The carbohydrates are fermented into digestible products. The starting culture comprises cleaving enzymes produced by edible microorganisms such as fungus and bacteria selected from the group consisting of Ilumicola grisea, Trichoderma harzanum, Ruminococcus albus.

One aspect of the invention relates to a process, comprising treating lignocellulosic biomass according to a first pretreatment protocol, thereby generating a first product mixture; separating the first product mixture into a first plurality of fractions; and treating at least one fraction of said first plurality of fractions according to a second pretreatment protocol, thereby generating a second product mixture. In one embodiment, the lignocellulosic biomass is selected from the group consisting of grass, switch grass, cord grass, rye grass, reed canary grass, miscanthus, sugar-processing residues, sugarcane bagasse, agricultural wastes, rice straw, rice hulls, barley straw, corn cobs, cereal straw, wheat straw, canola straw, oat straw, oat hulls, corn fiber, stover, soybean stover, corn stover, forestry wastes, recycled wood pulp protocol protocol fiber, paper sludge, sawdust, hardwood, softwood, and combinations thereof.

Methods of harvesting algae, and using algae as a biofuel, livestock feed, or food supplement are provided. The methods comprise contacting liquid algae suspensions with a filtration media. Depending upon the filtration media, the resulting algae and filtration media admixture is then utilized as a biofuel, livestock feed, food supplements, or for the extraction of algae oil. Admixtures comprising a combustible filtration media, such as coal, are particularly preferred. The methods are suitable for use with any algae species. Compositions for use as a biofuel, livestock feed, or food supplement are also provided. These compositions comprise an admixture of algae and a filtration media.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker, which comprises a cooker body, a cooker cover, a pressure limiting valve and a driving mechanism for driving the pressure limiting valve, wherein the cooker body comprises an outer pot and an inner pot which is arranged in the outer pot; the inner pot is used for accommodating cooked foods and a heating piece, which is used for heating the inner pot, is arranged in the outer pot; the cooker cover is arranged on the cooker body; an exhaust mechanism, which communicates with the interior of the inner pot, is arranged on the cooker cover, and diameter of the exhaust passage is within a range from 3.3mm to 30mm; the pressure limiting valve is movably arranged at the upper side of the exhaust passage so as to open or seal the exhaust passage; the inner pot is heated by the heating piece and the pressure limiting valve, which is driven by virtue of the driving mechanism, is used for sealing the exhaust passage so as to increase pressure in the inner pot and to keep the pressure in the inner pot at a rated pressure when the electric pressure cooker is under a boosting mode; and the inner pot is heated by the heating piece and the pressure limiting valve, which is driven by virtue of the driving mechanism, is used for opening the exhaust passage so as to release the cooking pressure in the inner pot when the electric pressure cooker is under a buck mode. With the application of the technical scheme provided by the invention, problems in the prior art that an electric pressure cooker are long in cooking duration and complex in operating steps of flavoring and thickening are solved.

The process and equipment, according to this invention, for manufacturing clear, solid ice of spherical and other shapes are capable of making clear ice balls and block ice of other shapes in the mold quickly, efficiently, and with effective energy utilization. This process is characterized in the steps of:a) preparing a mold for making ice balls and block ice of other shapes, which comprises an upper mold (24a) made of an insulating material and provided with a vertical injection hole (23) drilled therein and a water-injection nozzle (22) fitted in the hole; and a lower mold (24b) made of a water-freezing block (26) having coolant pipe (25) embedded therein;b) preparing for a domed lid (21a) or the lid of a different shape made of an insulating sheet, said lid (21a) having a shape that fits in with the surface shaped for the upper mold (24a) and being provided with a cylinder for being fitted into the vertical injection hole (23); and a shaped hemispherical cup (21b) of the same insulating sheet, which similarly fits in with the shaped surface of the lower mold (24b);c) assembling both halves of the mold (24) after the lid (21a) and the cup (21b) have been attached tightly to each other and placed in the mold;d) then, keeping the liquid to be frozen cooled at a predetermined temperature and spraying the liquid intermittently in the direction of the water-freezing block (26) that has been cooled to a predetermined freezing temperature;e) repeating the spraying operation to freeze the sprayed liquid in the container (21), layer by layer, until clear ice balls (20) or block ice of other shapes are formed; andf) disassembling the halves of the mold under the ice-releasing effect, which the ice container (21) has on the ice-making mold (24), and immediately taking out We shaped ice balls (20) or the block ice of a different shape.

The invention relates to an animal feed composite microecologic agent. The invention is formed by mixing composite microorganism powders, oligose, an auxiliary protective vector and a flavor composition, and comprises the total mass percents of1.0-30% of the composite microorganism powders, 5.0-35% of the oligose, 35-70% of the auxiliary protective vector and 0.1-0.2% of vanillic aldehyde, wherein, the composite microorganism powders select one or the combination of more than one of lactobacillus, yeast, bacillus and lactococcus; the oligose selects one or the combination of more than one of oligoisomaltose, soybean oligosaccharides and inulin; the auxiliary protective vector selects one or the combination of more than one of cornstarch, corncob, rapeseed cake powders and maltodextrin. The invention has the advantage that: live bacteria and oligose contained in the invention have the effect for prominently improving microecologic environment of entire intestines and aiding in digestion, and the invention has a plurality of advantages of preventing and treating intestinal diseases, enhancing the utilization rate of digestion of feed, promoting animal to grow fast and eradicating antibiotic additives.

The invention provides an electric pressure cooker and a rapid air exhaust control method. The electric pressure cooker comprises a cooker body, a cooker cover, an impeller, a motor, detection devicesand a controller, wherein the cooker cover is buckled to an inner pot and defines an airtight cooking cavity with the cooker body, and an air exhaust hole is arranged in the cooker cover; the impeller is mounted below the air exhaust hole; the motor is mounted on the cooker cover and connected with the impeller for driving the impeller to rotate; the detection devices are mounted on the cooker body and / or the cooker cover for detecting the working state parameters when the electric pressure cooker works; the controller is electrically connected with the detection devices and the motor. For the electric pressure cooker, when the air exhaust hole is opened for pressure relief, the impeller starts to rotate, so that sticky food can not overflow from the air exhaust hole, meanwhile, the detection devices are used for detecting the working state parameters of the electric pressure cooker related to the pressure in the cooker in real time, the pressure in the cooker is obtained according tothe detected working state parameters, in addition, the impeller is controlled to stop rotation when the pressure in the cooker is reduced to the safe range, so that a user can open the cooker coverfor taking out the food.

The invention provides a cow feedstuff combination, in particular to a functional feedstuff combination to feed high production cow. The invention endows fatty acid with function of rumen passing by adding strong alkali week acid salt fatty acid salt, to act as energy supplement agent for cow; the combination is matched with other protein feedstuff, energy feedstuff, mineral, Vitamin and so on to acquire a fine mixture, which can meet the special requirement of such components as energy, protein, Vitamin and mineral and so on of cow, in particular to high production cow 100 days after delivery, and release the energy balance, improve the body condition, milk quality and anti-stress, and prevent the occurrence of nutrition metabolization diseases.

The invention discloses a low-concentrate type fermented total mixed ration (TMR) for dairy cows and a preparation method thereof. The TMR is prepared by the following steps of: (1) mixing the following materials in part by mass to obtain a mixture: 15 to 20 parts of straw, 4 to 8 parts of fodder grass, 6 to 12 parts of protein feed, 25 to 30 parts of energy feed, 3 to 6 parts of minerals and molasses, 40 to 45 parts of food processing by-products and 0.5 to 1 part of premix compound of trace elements and vitamins; (2) adjusting the moisture content of the mixture of the step (1) to be between 40 and 50 percent; and (3) sealing and fermenting the mixture of the step (2) for more than 14 days to obtain the ration for the dairy cows. The TMR of the invention has the following advantages of: low cost; complete nutrition and homogeneous components to avoid animal picky eaters and significantly improve the production performance of animals; and high aerobic stability. The low-concentrate type fermented total mixed ration for the dairy cows opens up a new technique and an effective way for efficient utilization of the resources of the straw and the food processing by-products, and has important practicability and application promotion values.

The invention discloses a control method of an electric pressure cooker. The electric pressure cooker comprises a cooker body, a cooker cover and a driving mechanism, wherein the cooker body comprises an outer pot and an inner pot which is arranged in the outer pot, and the inner pot is used for accommodating cooked foods; the cooker cover is arranged on the cooker body, and the cooker cover is provided with an exhaust passage which communicates with the interior of the inner port and a pressure limiting valve which is in charge of controlling a ventilation state of the exhaust passage; the driving mechanism is arranged in the cooker cover and is used for driving the pressure limiting valve to move up and down, wherein the pressure limiting valve comprises a valve body and a plug; the driving mechanism is connected to the valve body and is in charge of driving the valve body to move up and down; and an elastic resetting piece is arranged between the plug and the valve body. The control method comprises an exhausting method, wherein the exhausting method comprises the following a step of controlling the driving mechanism to drive the valve body to move and to change a compression amount of the elastic resetting piece in accordance with pressure of cooking steam in the inner pot, so that pressures at two ends of the plug are kept balanced, and subsequently, the exhaust passage is constantly kept under an exhaust state. With the application of the technical scheme provided by the invention, a problem in the prior art that an electric pressure cooker, when used for cooking, is poor in cooking effect since foods cannot be kept turning continuously is solved.

The invention discloses a pregnant sow feeding mode and belongs to the technical field of sow breeding. Aiming at physiological characteristics and nutritional requirements of sows during gestation period, the physiological stage of pregnant sows is further subdivided, the nutritional requirements of the pregnant sows at each stage per day are specified, and the body conditions, feeding environments and the like of different pregnant sows are combined. Meanwhile, aiming at the physiological characteristics and feeding modes of the pregnant sows at each stage, pregnancy beginning feed, pregnancy first-half-period feed, pregnancy second trimester feed, pregnancy latter half feed and perinatal feed are scientifically compounded. A reasonable, detailed and scientific feeding mode is formulated, the motion quantity of the pregnant sows can be effectively improved, the nutrient substances are accurately and timely supplied, the functions of the digestion and absorption system and immune system of the pregnant sows are promoted and improved, the number of living piglets is obviously increased, the embryo mortality is reduced, and the birth weight and uniformity of piglets are improved.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker, which comprises a cooker body, a cooker cover and a driving mechanism, wherein the cooker body comprises an outer pot and an inner pot which is arranged in the outer pot, and the inner pot is used for accommodating cooked foods; the cooker cover is arranged on the cooker body and the cooker cover covers the inner pot in a sealing mode; an exhaust passage which communicates with the interior of the inner port and a pressure limiting valve which is in charge of controlling a ventilation state of the exhaust passage are arranged on the cooker cover; the driving mechanism comprises a power mechanism which is used for offering rotating motion of a rotating shaft and a threaded transmission mechanism which is used for converting rotation of the rotating shaft into vertical motion of the pressure limiting valve; and the threaded transmission mechanism comprises threaded pillars and threaded holes which are mutually matched. With the application of the technical scheme provided by the invention, a problem in the prior art that an electric pressure cooker, which cannot achieve continuous exhausting, is poor in cooking effect since foods cannot be kept turning continuously is solved.

Lipids can be extracted from a microbial biomass that constitutes at least 20% lipids by weight and has a moisture content of less than 4% by weight by applying pressure to the biomass so as to release lipids therefrom, thereby leaving a biomass of reduced lipid content; and collecting the lipids.

The present invention relates to the production of a highly digestible, high protein product (high protein distillers dried grains or high protein DDG) from corn endosperm, and more particularly to a method for the recovery of high protein DDG by using: (i) dehulling and degermination to isolate a low fat, low fiber corn endosperm fraction, (ii) enzymatic hydrolysis to solubilize and alcoholic fermentation to assimilate the starch and non-starch carbohydrates present in the corn endosperm, and (iii) filtration and / or centrifugation to recover the dealcoholized insoluble solids that remain after fermentation of the corn endosperm. The present invention provides an alternative to the traditional dry mill method of processing corn to produce ethanol, and results in the production and recovery of a distillers' by-product (high protein DDG) with increased value and range of use as an ingredient in feeds for farm-raised ruminants and non-ruminants and pet foods. The product of the present invention contains less than about 2.0 weight percent starch, from about 55.0 to about 65.0 weight percent protein, from about 4.5 to about 7.5 weight percent fat, from about 3.0 to about 5.0 weight percent crude fiber, and from about 78.0 to about 90.0 percent total digestible nutrients, and improves the palatability and digestibility of animal feeds and / or pet foods into which it is incorporated, and aids in the management of the health and weight gain of the animal.

A method dewatering thin stillage process streams generated in the processing of grain to ethanol comprising adding to the process streams an effective coagulating and flocculating amount of an anionic copolymer comprising acrylic acid sodium salt, methacrylic acid sodium salt or 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt to form a mixture of water and coagulated and flocculated solids; and separating the water from the coagulated and flocculated solids using a dewatering device.

A technology for intensifying the fermentation depth of bean dregs by use of composite enzyme to obtain a vegetative protein forage includes such steps as sequentially adding the water at 30-45 deg.C, activated composite enzyme, and the Bacillus subtilis, lactic ferment, yeast, or their mixture, stirring, and fermenting at 30-50 deg.C for 48-84 hr until its pH=4.5-5.5.

The invention discloses a special physiological regulator for maternal animals, and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of feed additive. A technical scheme of the physiological regulator comprises: carrying out crushing and screening for dandelion, leonurus, licorice root and angelica; adding soybean meal and / or wheat bran; adding water to carry out immersing; adjusting pH value of the resulting mixture; carrying out a sterilization; inoculating probiotics to carry out a fermentation after cooling, followed by stoving after completing the fermentation to obtain the physiological regulator. With the prepared physiological regulator for the maternal animals, immunity and disease resistance of the maternal animals are raised, incidence rate of genital system infection is effectively reduced, feed inversion rate is increased, mammogenesis is improved, milk yield is raised, incidence rate of mammitis is reduced, and milk quality is improved. The physiological regulator has characteristics of quick onset, stable and reliable effect, no toxic and side-effect, no pollution, no residue, and no drug resistance generating, and meets requirements of safe feed additive and assurance of foods of animal origin. In addition, the physiological regulator for the maternal animals can be adopted as a veterinary drug through raising using dosage of the physiological regulator, and provides a substantial curative effect for prevention and cure of the mammitis.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker, which comprises a cooker body, a cooker cover, a pressure limiting valve and a driving mechanism for driving the pressure limiting valve, wherein the cooker body comprises an outer pot and an inner pot which is arranged in the outer pot; the inner pot is used for accommodating cooked foods; the cooker cover is arranged on the cooker body; an exhaust mechanism, which communicates with the interior of the inner pot, is arranged on the cooker cover, and diameter of the exhaust passage is within a range from 3.3mm to 30mm; the pressure limiting valve and the driving mechanism for driving the pressure limiting valve are arranged in the cooker cover; the pressure limiting valve is movably arranged at the upper side of the exhaust passage so as to open or seal the exhaust passage, wherein the electric pressure cooker has a pressure-free cooking mode; and the pressure limiting valve is used for opening the exhaust passage so that the interior of the inner pot communicates with external side when the electric pressure cooker is under the pressure-free cooking mode. With the application of the technical scheme provided by the invention, a problem in the prior art that an electric pressure cooker is complex in a pressure-free cooking step is solved.

The invention discloses a method for artificially feeding black soldier flies, which comprises the following steps of: feeding adults, collecting eggs and incubating, feeding larvae, pupating and the like. The provided method for artificially feeding black soldier flies is a mature method for artificially feeding black soldier flies. The method is easy and effective, is easy to operate, is suitable for mass propagation and production of the black soldier flies, and lays a foundation for effectively utilizing the black soldier flies, such as treating refuse, changing waste into treasure or using larvae as feeds or baits.

The invention relates to a feed for early weaned piglets, which belongs to the field of the feed. Main ingredients of the feed comprise expanded corn, full-fat soybean, fat powder, steam fish meal, acidified whey powder, fermented soybean meal, a complex enzyme preparation, a micro-ecological preparation, amino acids, complex vitamins, complex trace elements and the like. The digestive physiological characteristics of the weaned piglets are fully considered on the selection and the processing of raw materials, thereby greatly improving the palatability and the digestion rate of the feed; simultaneously, through the synergistic compatibility of an egg yolk antibody, lactein, sodium humate and the complex micro-ecological preparation, the diarrhea rate of the weaned piglets is reduced, the effects are superior to those of adding antibiotics into the feed, and the feed is the green, environmentally-friendly and nuisanceless feed. An animal feeding experiment proves that the feeding effects are ideal, the palatability is good, the piglets after weaning are high in average feed intake, fast in daily weight gain and low in diarrhea rate, and the feed has a good promoting effect for growth and health conditions of the weaned piglets and can meet the demands of most of raisers at present.

The invention discloses a layer feed containing a traditional Chinese medicine additive. The layer feed comprises the following components in parts by weight: 60-80 parts of corn powder, 8-10 parts of bran, 8-10 parts of bean pulp, 8-10 parts of fish meal, 8-10 parts of shell powder, and 2-12 parts of traditional Chinese medicine additive, wherein the traditional Chinese medicine additive comprises the crude drugs in parts by weight: 5-10 parts of dandelion, 3-5 parts of herba andrographitis, 3-5 parts of rhizoma atractylodis, 5-10 parts of honeysuckle, 5-10 parts of fructus cnidii, 10-15 parts of selfheal, 10-15 parts of baical skullcap root, 10-15 parts of astragalus root, 10-15 parts of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, 5-10 parts of hawthorn, 0.5-1 part of lucid ganoderma, 10-15 parts of codonopsis pilosula, 10-15 parts of angelica sinensis, 5-10 parts of semen cuscutae, 5-8 parts of clove, 5-8 parts of pericarpium citri reticulatae, 5-8 parts of hawthorn and 5-8 parts of cinnamon. The immunoreactive substance can enhance the immune function of organism, improves the anti-stress ability and the disease resistance of the animal, improves the production performance of the animal, and simultaneously has the advantages of small toxic and side effects, no drug-resistance, no residue and the like; the survival rate of chicken is greatly improved; the lecithin content of the egg is obviously improved; the cholesterol content of the egg is reduced; and the nutritive value of the egg is improved.

The invention relates to a bio-protein feed prepared by adopting a cellulose raw material, and the bio-protein feed provided by the invention comprises an organic material and complex bacteria, wherein the weight of the complex bacteria is 1-10% of that of the organic material; and the organic material comprises the cellulose raw material, rapeseed meal and bran; the cellulose raw material is one or more of corn stalks, corn cobs, straw, manioc waste and fruit residue; and the complex bacteria comprises bacillus subtilis, microzyme, lactobacillus and cellulose decomposition bacteria, and the cellulose decomposition bacteria is one or more of trichoderma harzianum and white-rot fungi. In the bio-protein feed, the content of probiotics is more than 108cfu / g, the bio-protein feed contains a variety of prolease, cellulase, amylase and the like, the preparation process is simple, and the fermentation period is short. The invention further discloses a preparation method of the feed.

The invention is concerned with the integration disposal technics, it is: the food rubbish is the material, uses steam to process heat, remove oil, antisepsis, microbe solid - liquid zymolysis, distills oil separately, the solid component in rubbish transforms into biology active albumen feed by conduce animalcule multi-bacterium solid zymolysis, the liquid component transforms into liquid biology bacterium fertilizer by two times zymolysis. The invention can solve the problem of food rubbish, provide the lipid material, the biology feed and bacterium fertilizer for agriculture and industry.

The present invention relates to the production of a highly digestible, mid-level protein DDGS from corn endosperm, and more particularly to a method for the recovery of mid-level protein DDGS by using: (i) dehulling and degermination to isolate a low fat, low fiber corn endosperm fraction, (ii) enzymatic hydrolysis to solubilize and alcoholic fermentation to assimilate the starch and non-starch carbohydrates present in the corn endosperm, and (iii) filtration, centrifugation and / or evaporation to recover the dealcoholized insoluble and soluble solids that remain after fermentation of the corn endosperm. The product of the present invention contains less than about 5.0 weight percent starch, from about 40.0 to about 52.5 weight percent protein, from about 4.5 to about 8.5 weight percent fat, from about 3.0 to about 6.0 weight percent crude fiber, and from about 78.0 to about 90.0 percent total digestible nutrients.