738 results about "Milk production" patented technology

Genetically elite ungulate mammals are identified on the basis of gene expression profiles from biological samples such as liver and blood. Methods and compositions are presented to select genetically elite animals with a desired phenotype such as high milk production for breeding to improve production levels. A method to select an animal with a specific phenotype, e.g. milk production and health traits, includes creating a Gene Expression Index for a specific phenotype and using the index to identify candidate animals for breeding by comparing the index to gene expression profiles of the animals.

A method comprising selection of unbroken whole grain rice that are first washed, or whole grain corn that is first reduced in size, and then making an aqueous slurry that is subsequently wet milled to release all the protein, fat, fiber, and starch components normally held in the structure of the grain. The resulting slurry can be reacted with heat to gelatinize the starch and the subsequent product dried. Also, the heated slurry containing the liberated components can be treated to enzymatic hydrolysis via the process of liquefaction and optionally saccharification, producing whole grain rice milk products having diverse carbohydrate compositions. The whole grain milk products are characterized by a nutritional composition containing substantially all the nutritional components of the whole grain, being an opaque whole milk colloid, having smooth texture versus pulpiness, lacking in all bitterness normally associated with whole grain products, and having a variety of sweetness levels from non-sweet to very sweet.

Device for pneumatically milking a cow, comprising a number of milk extractors, each comprising a teat cup as well as milk line connected to the lower end of the teat cup, which line leads from the teat cup to a collection chamber for the milk from the teat cup, each milk extractor being provided with a supply for a cleansing medium, such as a disinfectant, to the teat cup, in particular to a teat present in the teat cup, the supply comprising a line having an end portion with discharge end, and each milk extractor being provided with means for closing off the passage of the milk extraction at or downstream of the discharge end of the line for cleansing medium, preferably at that level, when discharging the cleansing medium, the closing means comprising a reciprocating closing body that can be moved between a position leaving the passage of the milk extractor free and a position closing it off, the closing body being provided with a squirt line forming the end portion with discharge end of the line for supply of cleansing medium, and being positioned to debouch into the milk extractor, particularly the milk line, when in the closing-off position

The invention discloses a cow fine breeding method based on the RFID technology. The method includes the following steps that 1, the milk production of cows is recorded through an automatic milk production recording subsystem where the RFID technology and milking are combined; 2, automatic clustering management is performed on the cows through an automatic cow isolation door based on the RFID technology; 3, appropriate nutritious daily ration is prepared for cow groups through a TMR monitoring subsystem based on the RFID technology; 4, cow movement and oestrus sensors are installed on cow neckbands so as to monitor movement conditions of the cows in real time. In the cow fine breeding method, the cow breeding management business relates to various fields of milking management and fodder management, and the cow fine breeding method is applied and deployed from the aspects of automatic milk production counting, clustering management, fodder management and oestrus hybridization management according to different business functions of cow farms.

A method and system for monitoring the physiological condition, and / or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, by: sensing actions of the animal indicating a ruminating activity; and accumulating the time of the ruminating activities over a predetermined time period to provide an indication of the physiological condition of the animal, and / or of desirable changes in its feed for maximizing milk production and / or for maintaining animal health. In one described preferred embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are chewing actions produced by the animal while chewing animal feed according to a predetermined chewing rhythm indicating a ruminating activity as distinguished from an eating activity. In a second described embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are regurgitations of a bolus from the animal's rumen to the animal's mouth sensed by a collar around the animal's neck.

A breastpump is provided with one or more novel suction sequences which are considered to produce advantageous particularized results. Such sequences include a suction method for increased milk production and an improved suction method in general.

The invention relates to a combined drug for treatment of cow hoof disease. The drug comprises ethylenediamine dihydroiodide and copper sulfate that are mixed in a mass ratio of 1:2-2:3. The ethylenediamine dihydroiodide can react with copper sulfate to release free elementary iodine, free state iodine atom has ultrastrong oxidation, and can enable protein denaturation and destroy the cell membrane structure of pathogens, thereby achieving the purposes of preventing infection and treating cow hoof disease. The drug provided by the invention has the advantages of short treatment cycle, high cure rate and no pollution to the environment and milk production.

An arrangement for managing a herd of freely walking animals includes an area (1) for receiving the animals, a milking station (2) and a plurality of waiting station (3) leading from the receiving area (1) to at least the milking station (2). The waiting station (3) is arranged to receive one animal and comprises one identification device (7) for identifying the animal entering the waiting station (3). The arrangement comprises a memory device (8) arranged to provide a value of a parameter related to the milk production of an animal identified by the identification device (7) and present in the waiting station (3) and by an analyzer (9) for analyzing the parameter and determining if the animal is to be milked in response to the value.

The present invention includes an improved electrostatic device for energizing fluids, in particular water based fluids, which will be used to provide a benefit to living organisms, machinery, processes and substances. The improved device of the invention will include an electrostatic voltage spike signal generator, two or more radio frequency signal generators, one or more antennas, optional one or more signal boosters and a fluid conduit. When fluid is treated with the improved device of the invention, the fluid will become energized and can be used to provide significant benefits in applications such as milk production, flower production, fruit production, crop production, vegetable production, shrimp production, egg production, meat production, gasoline combustion, waste fluid combustion, scale removal, water purification, fluid tracking, fluid sterilization and more.

The invention provides a nursing sow high-efficiency feed and a preparation method thereof. Raw materials such as corn, white sugar, wheat bran, fish meal, soya bean meal, puffed soybean, feather meal, blood globulin powder, distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS), soybean oil, vitamine, trace elements, an ionic equilibrium agent, a physiological regulator and the like are adopted, and the nursing sow high-efficiency feed is prepared by performing smashing, mixing, tampering, pelletizing and other processing on the raw materials. In the invention, the newest theory of the existing animal nutrition and feeding is taken as a basis and production practice is combined, thus the defects of the prior art are overcome. The high-efficiency feed has the following advantages: the current cultivation situation in the southern part of China, market requirements and the newest sow nutrition theory are combined, and maximization of productive potential of a nursing sow is taken as an aim, especially amino acid balance is considered, so that branched chain amino acid nutrition is enriched, the sow antistress capability is improved, and the palatability of the feed is improved; and the ionic balance of the feed is considered, high-quality feed raw materials are selected, and strict scientific processing is carried out, thus the milk production performance of the nursing sow can be greatly improved, finally the weight of weaning litter of suckling pigs is improved, and the market requirement is met.

Nucleic acid molecules comprising a SNP site selected from the group consisting of position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1), position 213 of bovine signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), position 8514 of the osteopontin (OPN) gene (SEQ ID NO: 3), or position 1070 of a bovine lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor (OLR1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 4), which SNP indicates a desirable milk production trait in a dairy cattle. Also disclosed are an array or a kit comprising the same, a method for detecting the SNPs, a method for progeny testing of cattle, and a method for selectively breeding of cattle.

The invention relates to a high-yield milk cow feed mixture, which consists of the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 3 to 8 percent of bean dregs, 2 to 15 percent of cotton dregs, 1 to 3 percent of vegetable dregs, 2 to 5 percent of peanut meal, 0 to 20 percent of corn DDGS, 1 to 2 percent of stone dust, 0 to 15 percent of wheat bran, 0 to 3 percent of soybean oil, 0.2 to 1.5 percent of common salt, 1 to 2.5 percent of calcium hydrophosphate, 20 to 60 percent of corn, 0.2 to 1 percent of mineral substances and vitamin, 0.5 to 2 percent of phagostimulant and 5 to 30 percent of rumen health care agents. When the high-yield milk cow feed mixture of the invention is fed in the milk cow high-yield period, compared with the method of feeding ordinary milk cow feed sold in the market, the invention has the advantages that the daily milk yield of each mil cow can be increased by 2 to 5kg, in addition, the protein content, the fat content, the dry substance content and the like in the produced milk are all correspondingly increased, and the milk production quality can be improved.

A milk monitor with a sensor positioned near the milker unit to monitor milk conditions and adjust a variety of dairy facility operations in response to milk conditions. The milk monitor is programmable to provide flexibility, real-time adjustment of dairy operations, and trend analysis and control to optimize milk production and herd health.

The invention belongs to the technical field of sow raising, and specifically relates to feed used for a sow at a perinatal period. The feed is prepared from the following components by mass percentage: 30%-64% of corns, 4%-10% of wheat bran, 10%-15% of soybean meal, 3%-10% of fermentation-enzymolysis soybean meal, 8%-18% of wheat, 3%-8% of skin of bean curd, 2%-8% of fish meal, 1%-3% of fatty powder, 1%-3% o soybean oil, 3%-5.5% of minerals, 0.3%-1% of amino acid, 0.2%-1% of vitamin, 0.02%-0.2% of complex enzyme preparation, 0.1%-1% of a microorganism probiotics group, and 0.1%-1% of citric acid. The feed provided by the scheme can be used for improving immunity of the sow at the perinatal period, lowering the generation possibility of endotoxin in a sow body as well as harms, relieving stress in sow farrowing, changing materials and the like, promoting the post-partum recuperation, the normal ingestion and milk production of the sow, promoting intestinal health, ensuring the health of the sow and piglets, and improving productivity.

A method and pharmaceutical composition for ceasing milk production, for inducing involution, or for treating infection in a mammary gland of a lactating animal is described. The method is effected by direct administration of calcium chelators to the gland, or upon administration of enzymes which cause production of chelators in situ. The invention can be used to change the physiologic state of a single mammary gland of a lactating animal without significantly affecting the physiologic state of other mammary glands of the same animal. Changes resulting from use of the invention may be either transient or long lasting. The invention is expected to have uses in commercial agriculture and human medicine.

The invention discloses a spiced corned egg processing technology which comprises the following steps: firstly, stewing a spiced corned egg seasoning in boiled water for 45 minutes, wherein the spiced corned egg seasoning comprises fennel, peppers, aniseeds, cinnamon, clove, angelica sinensis, astragalus membranaceus, codonopsis pilosula, test dust and edible salt, filtering residues, and cooling to obtain a spiced corned egg nutrient solution; secondly, cooking fresh eggs thoroughly, shelling the eggs, putting the shelled eggs in the nutrient solution and soaking for 12-48 hours; finally, taking the eggs out of the nutrient solution, and packaging the eggs in vacuum one by one. According to the invention, on the basis of traditional five spices, angelica sinensis, astragalus membranaceus and codonopsis pilosula are added to the seasoning, and angelica sinensis, astragalus membranaceus and codonopsis pilosula have the lactagogue effect and can improve the milk production condition of breast feeding women; in addition, in order to balance the flavor of the traditional Chinese medicine, the tea dust is added, and further, proper amount of edible salt is added, so that the eggs are more healthy. In a word, the spiced corned eggs processed by the processing technology disclosed by the invention are delicious, safe, healthy and suitable for breast feeding women.

The invention relates to a total mixed ration for high producing dairy cows, which is characterized in that: the total mixed ration is formed by the following ingredients in part by weight: 9-13 parts of feed supplement, 24-28 parts of ensile, 2-5 parts of Chinese wildrye, 1-3 parts of bur clover, 1-3 parts of dried brewer's grains, 1-2 parts of whole cottonseed, 1-3 parts of beet pellet grains and 1-2 parts of molasses. The total mixed ration for the high producing dairy cows has the advantages that: the nutritional and metabolic diseases, such as rumen acidosis, parturient paresis and ketosis, easily occurred in the traditional feed feeding method are solved; the milk production potential of the high producing dairy cows can be developed, the feed can be saved, and the cost can be lowered, so that the economic benefits of the dairy cows are remarkably improved; and with the adoption of the total mixed ration and the combination of a scientific cultivation and management technique, the milk yield is averagely increased by 2Kg per cow every day, and the milk production life is increased by 2-3 parities.

The present invention concerns a method of enhancing milk production by a ruminant that includes providing a feed that contains sorbitol and at least one additional feed component, and orally feeding the feed to the ruminant, the ruminant ingesting about 100 grams, or less, of sorbitol per day.

The invention discloses a polypeptide germinated-soybean milk production method, which comprises the following processes of: selecting soybean; performing germination treatment; grinding into milk; performing heat treatment; performing enzymolysis twice by using mixed enzyme; blending nutrient; homogenizing and sterilizing; performing vacuum deodorization; and performing sterile filling to obtain the finished product. By adopting the mixed enzyme technology, soybean protein is hydrolyzed into polypeptide substances, and substances such as cellulose, pectin and the like are effectively subjected to enzymolysis, so that nutrients are easy to absorb. Nutrition enhancement is carried out aiming at different people, so that the nutritional value of the product is improved and the product has unique physiological functions of preventing and treating cardiovascular disease and the like. Beany flavor and bitter substances of the produced product are removed, so that the product is fine and smooth, and pure in taste, and a process technology route is reasonable.

The present invention provides a combination of antioxidants that effectively stabilize different types of fats utilized in a ruminant diet. When included in a ruminant feed ration or water source, the antioxidant combination typically increases nutrient digestion, such as fiber and protein, improves rumen fermentation, improves microbial growth, improves microbial efficiency, increases milk production and / or milk fat, improves antioxidant status of the ruminant, and attenuates the negative effects of some fats in the ruminant animal.

An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polymorphic site selected from the group consisting of positions 164, 269, 284, 407 and 989 of SEQ ID NO: 1, an array or a kit comprising the same. Also provided are a method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in bovine proteinase inhibitor (PI) gene, a method for haplotyping a bovine cell, a method for progeny testing of cattle based on said haplotyping, a method for selectively breeding of cattle based on haplotyping a parent animal. The present invention further provides a method for testing a dairy cattle for its milk production trait, comprising haplotyping its cells, wherein a cattle having haplotypes 1, 3, 4 or 5 indicates that the cattle has desirable milk production trait. Haplotype 1 indicates that the cattle has the most desirable milk production trait.

A method of feeding a ruminant that entails providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, where the feed is free of rumen-protected fatty acid or comprises less than 10 weight percent rumen-protected fatty acid, based on the total weight of the feed and further entails orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, where the ruminant ingests the feed and sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period.

The invention relates generally to the use of pharmaceutical compositions to increase milk production alone or in combination with certain biological active ingredients. Specifically, the method relates to the use of pharmaceutical compositions that will act on the feedback of the intrinsic regulatory pathway in the mammalian mammary gland. The present invention provides for as a method of increasing bovine milk production as well as a method of correcting certain human lactation abnormalities. Preferably, the compounds used in the methods of the present invention are one or more active agents capable of inhibiting peripheral aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) enzymes, peripheral tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) enzymes, peripheral serotonin (5-HT) enzymes, or a combination of enzymes thereof.

A method of feeding a ruminant that entails providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, where the feed is free of rumen-protected fatty acid or comprises less than 10 weight percent rumen-protected fatty acid, based on the total weight of the feed and further entails orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, where the ruminant ingests the feed and sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period.

The present invention relates to a concentrated feed for simultaneous reduction of nitrogen, phosphorus and methane emission of cow. The concentrated feed includes: 46%-50% of corn, 5%-8% of a concentrated molasses fermentation liquid, 18%-24% of wheat bran, 6%-10% of cottonseed meal, 6%-10% of soybean meal, 0.7%-1.2% of salt, 1%-2% of sodium bicarbonate, 0.5%-1% of magnesium oxide, 1.0%-2.0% of stone flour, 0.15%-0.25% of isobutyric acid, and 0.08%-0.12% of 1% oregano oil powder. The invention uses the concentrated feed to regulate rumen fermentation of cow, improve intestinal amino acid balance and reduce dietary phosphorus levels in order to improve the utilization of nitrogen, phosphorus and energy, and the rate of milk production, as well as to reduce emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and methane in dairy. The invention has economic benefits of reduce feeding cost and improving the utilization of nitrogen, energy and phosphorus of the cow, and milk yield, and has ecological benefits of reducing the emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and methane in dairy to reduce environmental pollution, and integrates production increase, energy saving and emission reduction in one.

The invention of novel, effective vaccines against Mycoplasma bovis for use in cattle is described. These vaccines demonstrate no undesirable side effects and protect against M. bovis related disease, such as contagious mastitis, respiratory pneumonia, joint infections, keratoconjunctivitis and middle ear infections. The novel vaccines also lessen the effect M. bovis infections on milk production, weight gain and animal health. Methods of diagnosing characterizing and treating M. bovis infections as specific biotypes are also disclosed. Vaccine compositions made in accordance with the invention may be either of the attenuated or inactivated variety. Vaccines may also include antigens from other pathogens so as to provide a protective immunogenic response to diseases other than those caused by M. bovis.

The present invention discloses a special feed containing Chinese herbal medicine for sows in the lactation period. The special feed comprises the following raw materials: corn, soybean meal, peanut meal, wheat flour, citric acid residues, shrimp meal, bone meal, calcium hydrogen phosphate, methionine, threonine, lysine, edible salt, molasses, choline chloride, spirulina powder, compound trace elements, compound vitamins, traditional Chinese medicine additives, plant essential oils, bacillus preparations, and fumaric acids. The Chinese medicine additives include the following raw materials: radix puerariae, medicated leaven, sugar cane extract, radix codonopsis, vaccaria segetalis seeds, ganoderma lucidum, black beans, semen zizyphi jujubae, radix scutellariae, dandelions, wild chrysanthemums and licorice. The special feed containing Chinese herbal medicine for sows in the lactation period is reasonable in formula, and comprehensive in nutrition, and can meet the nutritional needs of sows in the lactation period, improve milk production of sows, improve quality of dairy products, and improve the survival rate of piglets when used to feed the piglets.