A bee bread containing a base material of the bee bread, the hydrophilic colloid, ethanol and water, and is prepared according to a certain preparation method. The bee bread containing the astaxanthin and the hydrophilic colloid has the advantages of long preservation time and small nutrient loss. The bee which are fed with the bee bread for a long time can effectively increase the yield of royal jelly and the number of larvae, and extend the life.

The present invention is directed towards the use of 2H-chromens and their derivatives of formula (I) and/or of formula (II) wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently from each other H or C.sub.1-11-alkyl or (CH.sub.2).sub.n—OH with n being an integer from 1 to 6 or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent a keto group, and wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 are independently from each other H or C.sub.1-6-alkyl or C.sub.1-6-alkoxy, and R.sup.7 is H or C.sub.1-6-alkyl, as antioxidants, especially in feed such as pet food and feed ingredients such as fish meal, insect meal and poultry meal, as well as PUFA-containing oil such as marine oil, microbial oil, fungal oil, algal oil and PUFA-containing plant oil. The present invention is further directed towards feed ingredients and feed for insects, aquatic and terrestrial animals comprising such 2H- chromens and their derivatives of formula (I) and/or of formula (II).

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The present invention is directed towards the use of 2H-chromens and their derivatives of formula (I) and/or of formula (II) wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently from each other H or C.sub.1-11-alkyl or (CH.sub.2).sub.n—OH with n being an integer from 1 to 6 or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent a keto group, and wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 are independently from each other H or C.sub.1-6-alkyl or C.sub.1-6-alkoxy, and R.sup.7 is H or C.sub.1-6-alkyl, as antioxidants, especially in feed such as pet food and feed ingredients such as fish meal, insect meal and poultry meal, as well as PUFA-containing oil such as marine oil, microbial oil, fungal oil, algal oil and PUFA-containing plant oil. The present invention is further directed towards feed ingredients and feed for insects, aquatic and terrestrial animals comprising such 2H- chromens and their derivatives of formula (I) and/or of formula (II).

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The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a health benefit in an animal comprising administering a food composition to the animal, where the food composition comprises protein, fat, carbohydrates, omega-3 fatty acids, and isoflavones; where the protein to carbohydrate is in a ratio ranging from 3.5:1 to 2.5:1 by weight as fed.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a health benefit in an animal comprising administering a food composition to the animal, where the food composition comprises protein, fat, carbohydrates, omega-3 fatty acids, and isoflavones; where the protein to carbohydrate is in a ratio ranging from 3.5:1 to 2.5:1 by weight as fed.

The invention encompasses pet food composition that delivers a slow, sustained-release amount of lipoic acid or a salt thereof when fed orally to a companion animal. The invention also encompasses methods of manufacture and use of the compositions.

The invention encompasses pet food composition that delivers a slow, sustained-release amount of lipoic acid or a salt thereof when fed orally to a companion animal. The invention also encompasses methods of manufacture and use of the compositions.

The present disclosure provides methods and formulations for reducing ammonia and carbon dioxide emissions from a bovine using lubabegron, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also provides bovine feed additives and bovine feed compositions.

The present disclosure provides methods and formulations for reducing ammonia and carbon dioxide emissions from a bovine using lubabegron, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also provides bovine feed additives and bovine feed compositions.

A product and method of parasitic control, ammonia control, methane inhibition, liver abscess inhibition, and nutritional supplementation in livestock in order to grow healthier and more efficient livestock. The supplement is designed to provide an antibiotic-free and antiparasitic-free feed additive to decrease parasites, inhibit methane production, and ammonia production in livestock, inhibit the incidence of liver abscesses while providing a nutritional supplement to livestock and simultaneously providing for increased weight gain and overall positive health in the same.