The invention described in this application relates to a method of
increasing the amount of weight gained by the mammal during a feeding
period, to a method of increasing the amount of milk replacer consumed by
the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of decreasing the amount
of scour of the ruminant during a feeding period, to a method of
decreasing the amount of respiratory distress of the mammal during a
feeding period, to a method of feeding the ruminant, to a mammal ration,
to a daily mammal ration, to a method of feeding mammals an animal feed
that contains resistant starch, and to a method of increasing the feed
efficiency of a mammal during a feeding period that entails feeding the
mammal an effective amount of a fluid animal feed during the feeding
period and feeding the mammal an effective amount of resistant starch
during the feeding period.