Feed supplement for livestock

Abstract

A feed supplement for livestock includes, in a feed supplement combination, a quantity of waste product material selected from the group comprising dissolved air floatation product (DAF) and paunch manure and a quantity of a dry medium such as soy hulls, hay, alfalfa, corn and other such dry mediums. The waste product material comprises between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%) of the feed supplement combination. The feed supplement combination is then processed through an extrusion process involving the cooking, grinding and mixing of the feed supplement combination under pressure and elevated temperature, wherein the temperature of the feed supplement combination is raised above 250 degrees Fahrenheit to sterilize the feed supplement combination thereby eliminating substantially all bacterial contaminants from the feed supplement combination and substantially decreasing the moisture content of the feed supplement combination.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A feed supplement for livestock comprising; 
 in a feed supplement combination; 
 a quantity of waste product material selected from the group comprising dissolved air floatation product (DAF) and paunch manure; and  
 a quantity of dry medium selected from the group comprising soybeans, soy hulls, soybean protein derivatives, wheat, wheat middling, wheat straw, hay, alfalfa, sugar beet tailings, sugar beet pulp, sugar beets, corn, corn stalks, corn cobs, popcorn husks, sweet bran, silage, meat and bone meal, blood raw or meal form molasses, oats, oat straw, barley, barley straw, restaurant scraps, table scraps, sunflowers, sunflower seeds and hulls, milo, wild grass, suburban domestic grass clippings, cottonseed, cotton hulls, and cotton burs;  
   said waste product material comprising between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%) by weight of said feed supplement combination;    said feed supplement combination being processed through an extrusion process involving the cooking, grinding and mixing of said feed supplement combination under pressure and elevated temperature, the temperature of said feed supplement combination being raised above 250 degrees Fahrenheit.    
     
     
         2 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 1  wherein said waste product material comprises between twenty-five percent (25%) and seventy-five percent (75%) by weight of said feed supplement combination.  
     
     
         3 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 1  wherein said feed supplement combination includes both said DAF and said paunch manure in percentages by weight of between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%).  
     
     
         4 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 1  wherein the moisture content of said paunch manure is reduced prior to extrusion.  
     
     
         5 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 1  wherein said extrusion process comprises a dry extrusion process including a screw type device to create friction, thereby cooking, grinding and mixing the mixture, said temperature of said feed supplement combination being raised above 250 degrees Fahrenheit to sterilize the combination thereby eliminating substantially all bacterial contaminants therefrom and substantially decreasing the moisture content of said feed supplement combination.  
     
     
         6 . A feed supplement for livestock comprising; 
 in a feed supplement combination; 
 a quantity of waste product material selected from the group comprising dissolved air floatation product (DAF) and paunch manure; and  
 a quantity of dry medium;  
   said waste product material comprising between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%) of said feed supplement combination;    said feed supplement combination being processed through an extrusion process involving the cooking, grinding and mixing of said feed supplement combination under pressure and elevated temperature, wherein the temperature of said feed supplement combination is raised above 250 degrees Fahrenheit.    
     
     
         7 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 6  wherein said waste product material comprises between twenty-five percent (25%) and seventy-five percent (75%) by weight of said feed supplement combination.  
     
     
         8 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 6  wherein said feed supplement combination includes both said DAF and said paunch manure in percentages by weight of between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%).  
     
     
         9 . The feed supplement for livestock of  claim 6  wherein said extrusion process comprises a dry extrusion process including a screw type device to create friction, thereby cooking, grinding and mixing the mixture, said temperature of said feed supplement combination being raised above 250 degrees Fahrenheit to sterilize the combination thereby eliminating substantially all bacterial contaminants therefrom and substantially decreasing the moisture content of said feed supplement combination.  
     
     
         10 . The method of producing a feed supplement for livestock comprising the steps; 
 providing a feed supplement combination including a quantity of waste product material selected from the group comprising dissolved air floatation product (DAF) and paunch manure; and    providing a quantity of a dry medium, with said waste product material comprising between one percent (1%) and ninety-nine percent (99%) of said feed supplement combination;    processing said feed supplement combination through a process involving the cooking, grinding and mixing of said feed supplement combination under pressure and elevated temperature;    raising the temperature of said feed supplement combination above 250 degrees Fahrenheit; and    decreasing the moisture content of said feed supplement combination.    
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said dry medium is selected from the group comprising soybeans, soy hulls, soybean protein derivatives, wheat, wheat middling, wheat straw, hay, alfalfa, sugar beet tailings, sugar beet pulp, sugar beets, corn, corn stalks, corn cobs, popcorn husks, sweet bran, silage, meat and bone meal, blood raw or meal form molasses, oats, oat straw, barley, barley straw, restaurant scraps, table scraps, sunflowers, sunflower seeds and hulls, milo, wild grass, suburban domestic grass clippings, cottonseed, cotton hulls, and cotton burs.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising the step of mechanically reducing the moisture content of said paunch manure prior to said processing step.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said processing step comprises the passing of said feed supplement combination through a screw-type extrusion device.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said processing step comprises the passing of said feed supplement combination through a an adjustable jaw expander device.