Provided herein are methods and compositions related to plant based meat substitutes which have properties similar to meat.

Provided herein are methods and compositions related to plant based meat substitutes which have properties similar to meat.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of blood and intestines. The invention also relates to a meat like chunk comprising such a composition and a moist pet food comprising such a meat like chunk. The invention also relates to methods of making the composition, the meat like chunk and a moist pet food, or a dry pet food.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of blood and intestines. The invention also relates to a meat like chunk comprising such a composition and a moist pet food comprising such a meat like chunk. The invention also relates to methods of making the composition, the meat like chunk and a moist pet food, or a dry pet food.

An aspartic acid copper complex, a use thereof, and a feed composition containing said aspartic acid copper complex. The chemical structure of the aspartic acid copper complex is [(Cu(II))(Asp)(H.sub.2O).sub.m].Math.(H.sub.2O).sub.n, wherein Asp is L-Asp or DL-Asp, m is any integer from 0 to 10, and n is any value from 0 to 10. The present aspartic acid copper complex is applied to animal breeding. Calculated using the copper element, a physiological requirement usage amount may promote the growth of livestock and poultry at all stages of the growth cycle, and during high dose use, and the growth performance of the animals is normal under high-dose use, thereby overcoming problems such as excessive use of high-dose inorganic copper in the breeding industry being harmful for animals.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, and more particularly, a method for preparing organic coating porous granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid using the blood of livestock and clay minerals. The present invention is to provide granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, wherein the granule contains useful minerals, such as zeolite and bentonite, suitable to be used for a feed, and includes an organic coating layer mainly composed of proteins formed on a surface of the granule by using the blood (let blood) of livestock, so that the time while water infiltrates into pores inside the granule mainly composed of inorganic substances is delayed, thereby obtaining having excellent fluidity.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, and more particularly, a method for preparing organic coating porous granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid using the blood of livestock and clay minerals. The present invention is to provide granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, wherein the granule contains useful minerals, such as zeolite and bentonite, suitable to be used for a feed, and includes an organic coating layer mainly composed of proteins formed on a surface of the granule by using the blood (let blood) of livestock, so that the time while water infiltrates into pores inside the granule mainly composed of inorganic substances is delayed, thereby obtaining having excellent fluidity.

A feed composition for ruminants may include feed particles of a nutritional component that are at least partially coated with a saturated fatty acid coating such that ingestion of the feed by lactating ruminants may provide for an increase in the amount of milk produced by the ruminant, and/or an increase in the fat content of the milk produced.

Provided herein are methods for altering a characteristic of an offspring or a litter. The method can include administering an effective amount of a composition that includes active IGF-1 to a pregnant animal, wherein a characteristic of an offspring of the pregnant animal is altered compared to a control offspring. In another embodiment, the animal is a lactating animal, wherein a characteristic of an offspring nursed by the lactating animal is altered compared to a control offspring. Examples of characteristics that can be altered include increased survival of offspring before weaning, increased weight of offspring at weaning, increased weight of offspring at end of growing phase, increased average daily gain, and increased average daily food intake. In another embodiment, a characteristic of a litter can be altered, such as increased number of offspring born alive, increased litter birth weight, increased offspring birth weight, reduced number of stillborn offspring, or a combination thereof.

Provided herein are methods for altering a characteristic of an offspring or a litter. The method can include administering an effective amount of a composition that includes active IGF-1 to a pregnant animal, wherein a characteristic of an offspring of the pregnant animal is altered compared to a control offspring. In another embodiment, the animal is a lactating animal, wherein a characteristic of an offspring nursed by the lactating animal is altered compared to a control offspring. Examples of characteristics that can be altered include increased survival of offspring before weaning, increased weight of offspring at weaning, increased weight of offspring at end of growing phase, increased average daily gain, and increased average daily food intake. In another embodiment, a characteristic of a litter can be altered, such as increased number of offspring born alive, increased litter birth weight, increased offspring birth weight, reduced number of stillborn offspring, or a combination thereof.