Yeast-Based Feed Coating for Controlled Mammal Attractant Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing attractants for non-carnivorous mammals, such as deer, feral swine, and raccoons, are ineffective due to their location-specificity and lack of familiarity with the scents used, leading to inconsistent attraction results.
Innovation Solution
A composition comprising an aroma-active component produced by yeast fermentation and a coating component applied to particulate feed to enhance scent familiarity and controlled release, which includes active or inactivated dried yeast and volatile compounds like esters, secured with a fat or surfactant coating.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If location-specific scents are used as attractants, then attraction effectiveness may be improved in specific areas, but the attractant becomes ineffective in different geographical locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs universal attractant components (yeast fermentation products and familiar food scents) that can effectively attract non-carnivorous mammals across multiple geographical locations and species types, replacing location-specific scents with broadly appealing aromatic compounds that maintain attraction effectiveness regardless of environment
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the chemical parameters of the attractant by using fermented yeast products and familiar food scents instead of location-specific aromatic compounds, transforming the attractant from environment-dependent to universally effective across different geographical regions and animal species
2Ease of manufacture
If unfamiliar scents are used as attractants, then the attractant can be synthesized and applied consistently, but the non-carnivorous mammals do not recognize or respond to the scents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent copies familiar scents that non-carnivorous mammals already recognize from their natural environment, using yeast fermentation products and food scents (apple, strawberry, corn) that animals are already accustomed to, thereby ensuring reliable recognition and response without requiring synthesis of unfamiliar compounds
Solution Approach 2:
The attractant utilizes yeast fermentation, a natural biological process that animals already experience in their environment, allowing the attractant to be produced through familiar biological mechanisms rather than requiring complex synthetic chemistry, thus ensuring animal recognition and response
3Productivity
If scent attractants are applied to feed, then the attractant can be distributed widely, but the scent releases too quickly or not at the desired rate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a coating component as an intermediary substance that modifies the release rate of the scent attractant from the feed particles, controlling how quickly and how long the aromatic compounds are released into the environment to maintain effective attraction over extended periods
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively increases the number of visits and duration of visits by non-carnivorous mammals to a location, improving attraction efficiency regardless of geographical location.
Implementation Method 1
an aroma-active component that comprises one or more volatile compounds that attract the non-carnivorous mammal, wherein each volatile compound is capable of being produced by yeast subjected to anaerobic fermentation
Implementation Method 2
a coating component for securing the composition to the feed particles and facilitating a controlled release of the one or more volatile compounds from the composition
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AI summary
An attractant and/or palatant composition for application of an effective amount to a particulate feed that is suitable for a non-carnivorous mammal, the composition comprising a mixture that comprises: an aroma-active component that comprises one or more volatile compounds that attract the non-carnivorous mammal, wherein each volatile compound is capable of being produced by yeast; and a coating component for securing the composition to the feed particles and facilitating a controlled release of the one or more volatile compounds from the composition, upon the composition being mixed with the particulate feed.