| abstract |
Compositions providing increased energy content of animal feed using plant crop biomass which include a polyhydroxyalkanoate have been developed. In on e embodiment, the compositions can be prepared using conventional techniques f or harvesting and processing plant crops into forms useful as animal feed, wherein the plant, or parts thereof, have accumulated PHA, preferably in excess of 2 % by dry weight of the plant tissue. In a preferred embodiment, the PHA is accumulated in corn or an oilseed. The feed compositions can include the PHA-containing meal byproduct from corn or oilseed processing. I n another embodiment, the PHA can be provided with the green tissue of plants, such as clover, alfalfa, sorghum, and silage corn. |