NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT FOR ANIMAL AND USE THEREOF

Abstract

The present invention belongs to a technical field of nutrition additives for animal, and specifically discloses a nutrition supplement for animal, comprising eggs of an edible insect. Further, the eggs of the edible insect are one or more of eggs of Hermetia illucens L., eggs of Tenebrio molitor and eggs of fly. The present invention finds that the eggs of edible insect provide better effects such as enhancing nutrition, promoting growth and health care for animals, especially for newborn animals, weaning animals, weak animals or sick animals. The nutrition supplement provided by the present invention can be prepared easily and used conveniently. The present invention using the eggs of edible insect as a main component of the nutrition supplement can not only improve a health level of animals including livestock, aquatic animals and the like, but also enhance a feed intake, a feed conversion level and a comprehensive benefit of cultivation with a good application prospect.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A nutrition supplement for animals, comprising: eggs of an edible insect.

12. The nutrition supplement of claim 11, wherein the edible insect is Hermetia illucens L., Tenebrio molitor, fly, or any combinations thereof.

13. The nutrition supplement of claim 12, further comprising an other-animal source nutrient, a botanic source nutrient, a microorganism source nutrient, a protective agent, or any combinations thereof.

14. The nutrition supplement of claim 13, wherein the other-animal source nutrient is derived from cattle milk, sheep milk, fish meal, fish tallow, yolk, animal muscle, extracts of animal viscus, or any combinations thereof, the botanic source nutrient is soybean protein, soybean oil, corn steep liquor, orany combinations thereof, and the microorganism source nutrient is yeast extracts, microalgae extracts, or any combinations thereof

15. The nutrition supplement of claim 13, wherein the protective agent is skim milk, trehalose, glycerol, antioxidant, or any combinations thereof

16. The nutrition supplement of claim 13, wherein a composition of the nutrition supplement for animals comprises: 50-90 wt % of the eggs of the edible insect; 0-10 wt % of the other-animal source nutrient; 0-10 wt % of the botanic source nutrient; 0-10 wt % of microorganism source nutrient; and 0.1-20 wt % of protective agent.

17. A preparation method of a nutrition supplement for animals, comprising: mixing eggs of an edible insect with a protective agent form a mixture; grinding the mixture; drying and then smashing the grinded mixture to form a dry powder mixture; and mixing the dry powder mixture with an other-animal source nutrient, a botanic source nutrient, a microorganism source nutrient, or any combinations thereof to form a paste product.

18. The preparation method of claim 17, further comprising: drying the final mixture until the water content is less than 12% to form a powder product.

19. A method of preparing an animal feed, comprising: adding 0.01-0.5 wt % of the nutrition supplement of claim 15 to an animal feed to form a uniform mixture.

20. A method of feeding an animal, comprising: feeding an animal with an animal feed or a drinking water comprising 0.01-0.5 wt % of the nutrition supplement of claim 15, or directly with the nutrition supplement of claim 15.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the animal is a newborn animal, a weaning animal, a weak animal, a sick animal, or any combinations thereof.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the animal is an aquatic animal, a livestock, or a pet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0033] The present invention will be further described in combination with specific embodiments which do not limit the present invention in any way. Unless otherwise specified, reagents, methods and equipments used in the present invention are conventional reagents, methods and equipments in the art.

[0034] Unless otherwise specified, the reagents and materials used in the present invention are commercially available.

Embodiment 1

[0035] Eggs of Hermetia illucens L. Used as a Raw Material of a Nutrition Additive

[0036] The eggs of Hermetia illucens L. were mixed with a protective agent, glycerol, followed by being grinded at low temperature. Then they were freeze dried, smashed and dried until a moisture is below 12%.

Embodiment 2

[0037] Application Effect (Aimed at Newborn Piglets) General commercially available creep feed for piglet was mixed with 0.1% of a nutrition supplement prepared in Embodiment 1; one-week-old tri-crossbreeding piglets, as experimental animals, were fed for two weeks and compared with those fed with the general commercially available creep feed without adding the nutrition supplement. An experimental result is shown in Table 1:

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Effect of the nutrition additives on growth performance of newborn piglet feed conversion daily average feed ratio (feed diarrhea weight gain intake of intake/weight rate (g/d. each) each (kg/d) gain of piglet) (%) feed added with 266.7 0.291 1.09 1.33% 0.1% of the nutrition supplement commercially 197.2 0.270 1.37 5.24% available creep feed

[0038] It can be seen in Table 1 that compared to those fed with general creep feed, the weight gain and the feed intake of one-week-old tri-crossbreeding piglets which were fed with the feed added with 0.1% of the nutrition supplement, are enhanced. Intestinal health is improved. A disease incidence of diarrhea and the feed conversion ratio are decreased.

Embodiment 3

[0039] Application Effect (aimed at Lateolabrax japonicas)

[0040] The Lateolabrax japonicas was fed with general commercially available feed special for Lateolabrax japonicas which was mixed with 0.5% of the nutrition supplement prepared in Embodiment 1 for one month and compared with those fed with the general commercially available feed without adding the nutrition supplement. The experimental result is shown in Table 2:

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Effect of the nutrition additives on growth performance of Lateolabrax japonicas survival feed specific growth rate (%) efficiency (%) rate (%/d) feed added With 0.5% of the 98.13 0.94 0.93 nutrition supplement commercially available feed 89.53 0.83 0.84

[0041] It can be seen from Table 2 that compared to those fed with general feed, the survival rate, the feed efficiency and the specific growth rate of Lateolabrax japonicas which was fed with the feed added with 0.5% of the nutrition supplement, are enhanced.

Embodiment 4

Application Effect (Aimed at Layers)

[0042] The layers were fed with general commercially available feed special for layers which was mixed with 0.05% of the nutrition supplement prepared in Embodiment 1 for one month and compared with those fed with the general commercially available feed without adding the nutrition supplement. The experimental result is shown in Table 3:

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Effect of the nutrition additives on growth performance of layers laying rate feed intake of qualified (%) each (g) rate (%) feed added with 0.05% of the 87.63 102.62 98.53 nutrition supplement commercially available feed 80.36 91.51 96.62

[0043] It can be seen from Table 3 that compared to those fed with general feed, the laying rate, the feed intake of each and the qualified rate of egg for layers which were fed with the feed added with 0.05% of nutrition supplement, are enhanced with obvious effect.

Embodiment 5

Aimed at Newborn Piglets

[0044] A formula of the nutrition supplement is as follow: eggs of an edible insect accounting for 50%, bovine colostrum accounting for 10%, soybean protein accounting for 10%, yeast extracts accounting for 10% and glycerol accounting for 20%. 14-day-old tri-crossbreeding piglets were chosen to be fed with the general commercially available creep feed for piglets which was mixed with 0.1% of the nutrition supplement prepared in Embodiment 5 for two weeks and compared with those fed with the general commercially available feed without adding the nutrition supplement. The experimental result is shown in Table 4:

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Effect of the nutrition additives on growth performance of newborn piglet Feed-meat conversion ratio everyday average feed (feed intake/ diarrhea weight gain intake of weight rate (g/d. each) each (kg/d) gain of piglet) (%) feed added 275.21 0.295 1.07 1.27% with 0.1% of the nutrition supplement commercially 202.19 0.253 1.25 3.14% available feed

[0045] It can be seen in Table 4 that compared to those fed with general feed, the weight gain and the feed intake of piglets which were fed with the nutrition supplement feed provided by the present invention, are enhanced. The intestinal health is improved. The disease incidence of diarrhea and the feed conversion ratio are decreased at the same time.

Embodiment 6

Aimed at Newborn Piglet

[0046] A formula of the nutrition supplement is as follow: the eggs of edible insect accounting for 70%, bovine colostrum accounting for 6%, soybean protein accounting for 6%, yeast extracts accounting for 6% and glycerol accounting for 12%. The newborn piglets were fed with the general commercially available feed special for newborn piglets which was mixed with 0.1% of the nutrition supplement prepared in Embodiment 6 for two weeks and compared with those fed with the general commercially available feed without adding the nutrition supplement. The experimental result is shown in Table 5:

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Effect of the nutrition additives on growth performance of newborn piglet Feed-meat conversion average feed ratio daily intake (feed intake/ diarrhea weight gain of each weight rate (g/d. each) (kg/d) gain of piglet) (%) feed added with 291.21 0.326 1.12 2.27% 0.1% of nutrition supplement commercially 223.19 0.299 1.34 5.14% available feed

[0047] It can be seen in Table 5 that compared to those fed with general feed, the weight gain and the feed intake of piglets which were fed with the nutrition supplement feed provided by the present invention, are enhanced. The intestinal health is improved. The disease incidence of diarrhea and the feed conversion ratio are decreased at the same time.

Embodiment 7

[0048] The nutrition additives were used to replace a half dosage of fish meal and were added into the general feed which would be fed to the layers. The result is shown in Table 6:

TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Comparison of effect of feeding the layers with a replaced fish meal qualified average Feed-egg laying rate of egg weight of conversion rate (%) (%) egg (%) ratio replacing half dosage 86.19 98.74 57.91 2.51 of fish meal fish meal control 78.31 94.27 54.31 3.22

[0049] It can be seen from Table 6, layers fed with the nutrition supplement provided by the present invention are compared to those fed with the fish meal of layer feed. The laying rate increases by 7.88%, the qualified rate of egg increases by 4.47%, the average weight of egg increases by 3.60% and the feed-egg conversion ratio decreases by 28%.

Embodiment 8

Newborn Chick of Yellow-Feathered Broiler

[0050] 2000 g of eggs of Hermetia illucens L. were weighed and smashed under a freeze condition. Then 100 g of skim milk, 100 g of trehalose and 1 g of BHT (antioxidant) were added thereto and mixed evenly. After being freeze dried for 24 hours, 900 g of insect egg powder was prepared with the moisture of 11%. Then 100 g of chlorella dry powder was added thereto, and 1000 g of the nutrition supplement was obtained for an experiment of feeding the yellow-feathered broiler.

[0051] The newborn chicks of yellow-feathered broiler in 1-4 days old, as experimental chicks, were fed separately according to their gender. The newborn chicks were fed with commercially available feed in a normal immune. A product of the present invention was mixed evenly into the drinking water of the chicks. 300 g of the product was fed to every ten thousand chicks every day and the feeding continued for 3 days. The drinking water for a control group was normal. The male yellow-feathered broilers were slaughtered after 59 days and the female yellow-feathered broiler were slaughtered after 70 days. The growth performance of two groups was observed and the comprehensive benefits were analyzed. The results are shown in Table 7 and Table 8 respectively.

TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Test result of the nutrition supplement for feeding the newborn chicks of male yellow-feathered broiler (slaughtered after 59 days) male yellow- experimental improved feathered broiler unit group control group conditions imported number one 6366 6527 exported number one 6226 6378 exported rate % 97.8 97.7 +0.1% weight Kg 13641 13574 average weight Kg 2.19 2.13 +0.06 kg consumption Kg 29751 30145 Feed-meat 2.18 2.22 0.04 conversion ratio

TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 Test result of the nutrition supplement for feeding the newborn chicks of female yellow-feathered broiler (slaughtered after 70 days) female yellow- feathered experimental improved broiler unit group control group conditions imported one 5541 5609 number exported one 5436 5460 number exported rate % 98.11 97.34 +0.76 weight Kg 11940 11479 average weight Kg 2.20 2.10 +0.10 kg consumption Kg 26183 25610 Feed-meat 2.19 2.23 0.04 conversion ratio

[0052] In this experiment, the experimental chicks were continuously fed with the nutrition supplement for 3 days which was mixed into the drinking water and their growth conditions were observed every week. Cultivation workers generally reflected that the health of experimental group was improved obviously. Appearance of the chicks looked very healthy and their furs became shiny. It can be known from the data obtained in Table 7 and Table 8 that the exported rate, the average weight and the feed-meat conversion ratio are improved obviously. And the comprehensive benefits are improved.

Comparative Embodiment 1

[0053] Experiment conditions are the same as Embodiment 2. Compared with other nutrition supplements of Embodiments 1-8, a formula is shown as follow:

[0054] bovine colostrum from animal source accounting for 60%, soybean protein from botanic source accounting for 35%, yeast extracts from microorganism accounting for 10%. The effects are shown in Table 9:

TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 Using effects of nutrition supplement in Comparative Embodiment 1 feed conversion daily average feed ratio weight intake (feed intake/ diarrhea gain (g/d. of each weight gain rate each) (kg/d) of piglet) (%) feed added with 0.1% 235.6 0.285 1.21 3.33% of the nutrition supplement of Comparative Embodiment 1

Comparative Embodiment 2

[0055] A commercially available dried larva of Hermetia illucens L. was used as the nutrition supplement. It was added in a weight percentage of 0.1% into the commercially available feed special for newborn piglets and fed to the newborn piglets for two weeks. The test results are shown in Table 10:

TABLE-US-00010 TABLE 10 Influence of the nutrition supplement of Comparative Embodiment 2 on growth performances of newborn piglet Feed-meat conversion average feed ratio daily weight intake (feed intake/ diarrhea gain (g/d. of each weight rate each) (kg/d) gain of piglet) (%) feed added with 232.7 0.280 1.18 2.33% 0.1% of the nutrition supplement of Comparative Embodiment 2

[0056] It can be seen in Table 10 that using the nutrition supplement added with 0.1% of the dried larva of Hermetia illucens L. is compared with using eggs of Hermetia illucens L. as the nutrition supplement in Embodiment 2. The weight gain, the feed intake and a feed utilization of the latter are obviously improved, also the diarrhea rate is reduced.

[0057] Obviously, the above embodiments are only examples for clearly specifying the present invention but not for limiting the implementations. For those skilled in the art, changes or variations in different forms based on above can still be made. It is unnecessary or unable to give all implementations here. And obvious changes or variations extended hereby are still within the scope of the present invention.