Fertilizers containing animal nutrient core packet

Abstract

A fertilizer supplying animal nutrients including a core particle having an outer surface and comprising compounds containing animal nutrients, and a coating of urea on the outer surface of the core particle, and further a process of making the fertilizer including the steps of: screening animal nutrient core particles comprising a powdered substance containing an animal nutrient, to a preselected particle size; spraying melted urea onto the surface of the nutrient core particles to produce a coating on the nutrient core particles; granulating the nutrient core particles with sprayed melted urea to produce nutrient core granules; and cooling the nutrient core granules.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to fertilizer compositions that have been developed to increase nutrients required by humans and / or domesticated animals in food plants, which is easily tailored for application to particular agricultural land, deficient in specific human / domesticated animal nutrients. In this respect, the invention is a delivery system that can be easily adjusted to deliver human / domesticated animal nutrients that have been determined to be deficient, in a determined appropriate amount to increase the amount of the nutrients in food plants in order to alleviate or eliminate the deficiency in the human / domesticated animal diet. The compositions include plant growth fertilizers that promote plant growth in addition to the delivered human / domesticated animal nutrients.[0002]Additionally, the invention includes processes of making the fertilizer compositions containing animal nutrients.[0003]The invention further includes methods of alleviating or...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]The present invention further includes a method of delivering human / domesticated animal nutrients that have been determined to be deficient, in a determined appropriate amount to increase the amount of the nutrients in crops, in order to alleviate or eliminate the deficiency in the human / domesticated animal diet.

Problems solved by technology

Iodine deficiency has been associated with mental retardation and brain damage, lower mean birth weight and increased infant mortality, hearing impairment, impaired motor skills, and neurological dysfunction.

Young children and pregnant and postpartum women are the most commonly and severely affected because of the high iron demands of infant growth and pregnancy.

Iron deficiency may, however, occur throughout the life span where diets are based mostly on staple foods with little meat intake or people are exposed to infections that cause blood loss (primarily hookworm disease and urinary schistosomiasis).

Zinc deficiency is largely related to inadequate intake or absorption of zinc from the diet.

Vitamin A deficiency causes visual impairment in many parts of the developing world and is the leading cause of acquired blindness in children.

Children under five years of age and women of reproductive age are at highest risk of this nutritional deficiency and its adverse health consequences.

Thus, much of the world's population is lacking in micronutrients and iodine, which can cause a variety of illness or death.

Food crops grown in deficient soils not only have reduced crop yields, but also have low micronutrient and / or iodine content needed for human health.