Feed Composition with Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids for Carcass Quality
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Solution Overview
Problem
Animal husbandry and aquaculture face challenges such as increased demand for food products, environmental pressures, and health issues in animals, with existing supplements like DDGS and ractopamine causing negative effects on carcass fat and growth parameters.
Innovation Solution
A feed composition containing conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and cyclopropenoid fatty acid (CPFA) is administered to non-human animals to improve health, reduce mortality, increase carcass gain, and control carcass iodine value, offering a synergistic effect compared to single supplement administration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If DDGS or UFA supplement is provided to animals, then growth performance is improved, but carcass fat and meat characteristics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by using cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) to counteract the harmful effects of DDGS and UFA supplements. The CPFA converts the negative impact on carcass fat and meat characteristics into a beneficial effect, allowing animals to maintain improved growth performance while avoiding the deterioration of carcass quality that would otherwise occur with high levels of DDGS or UFA supplementation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the fatty acid composition parameters in the animal diet. Specifically, it introduces CPFA at controlled concentrations (e.g., 0.1-1.0 g/kg feed) to alter the metabolic parameters, enabling the animal to process DDGS and UFA supplements in a way that improves growth without the harmful effects on carcass characteristics.
2Productivity
If ractopamine is provided to animals, then growth performance is improved, but carcass characteristics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by using cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) to counteract the harmful effects of ractopamine. The CPFA converts the negative impact on carcass characteristics into a beneficial effect, allowing animals to maintain improved growth performance while avoiding the deterioration of carcass quality that would otherwise occur with ractopamine supplementation.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If multiple supplements are combined to counteract negative effects, then carcass quality is improved, but feed formulation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by demonstrating that cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) serve multiple functions simultaneously. The CPFA not only counteracts the harmful effects of DDGS, UFA, and ractopamine on carcass characteristics but also supports improved growth performance and carcass quality. This multi-functionality simplifies the overall feed formulation strategy compared to requiring separate supplements for each function.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides feed composition comprising at least one cyclopropenoid fatty acids or at least one conjugated linoleic acid and at least one cyclopropenoid fatty acids with normal or basal feed. After administration of one of the feed compositions, improved health aspects, reduced health issues, reduced mortality, increased carcass gain and repartitioning nutrients to muscles, and controlled carcass iodine value in non-human animals as compared to a control group not fed with the feed composition.