Feed Additive Composition for Reducing Animal Heat Stress
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Solution Overview
Problem
Heat stress significantly impacts animal industries, causing economic losses by impairing production, reproduction, and animal health in dairy industries, with increased respiratory rates, body temperatures, decreased feed intake, and reduced milk yield, leading to metabolic and immune function impairments.
Innovation Solution
A composition comprising glucan, silica, mineral clay, and mannan is administered to animals to reduce heat stress, which includes β-glucans, β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, diatomaceous earth, and glucomannan, applied prophylactically or during heat stress, adjusting the dosage based on temperature humidity index and heat stress indicators like feed intake, water consumption, and respiration rate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If heat stress management is implemented through conventional means, then animal health is partially maintained, but production and reproduction are significantly impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies composite materials by combining multiple components (glucan, silica, mineral clay, and mannan) into a single feed additive composition. This composite approach synergistically addresses multiple aspects of heat stress simultaneously, maintaining animal health while minimizing negative impacts on production and reproduction, thereby resolving the contradiction between health reliability and productivity
2Stability of the object's composition
If feed intake is reduced during heat stress, then metabolic changes occur, but milk yield decreases further
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the chemical composition parameters of the feed through addition of the specific composition (glucan, silica, mineral clay, mannan). This changes the nutritional and metabolic parameters of the diet, helping to stabilize metabolic flux during heat stress while maintaining or improving milk yield, thus resolving the contradiction between metabolic stability and productivity
3Reliability
If immune function is reduced during heat stress, then disease severity increases, but overall animal health deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by administering the composition (containing glucan, silica, mineral clay, and mannan) before heat stress conditions fully develop or at the onset of heat stress. This proactive supplementation strengthens immune function in advance, preventing the cascade of disease severity and health deterioration that would otherwise occur during heat stress
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is a method for promoting reduction of heat stress in animals, as well as a composition for use in the disclosed method. The composition comprises a glucan, silica, mineral clay, mannan, and optionally an endoglucanohydrolase, and may be administered to an animal that is susceptible to or suffers from heat stress.