PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy, efficient and safe composition for suppressing reduction in a feeding amount of feed by livestock and to provide a method for suppressing reduction in a feeding amount of the feed by the livestock.SOLUTION: The composition (animal medicine or curing feed) contains difructose anhydride III (DFA III) comprising oligosaccharide with which two molecules of fructose are combined, and is orally administrated or fed to the livestock so as to suppress the reduction in the feeding amount of the feed by the livestock (particularly reduction in the feeding amount of the feed before or after delivery), prevent and treat livestock disease (perinatal disease or the like) caused by such reduction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡便かつ効率的で安全性の高い、家畜の飼料採食量低下を抑制するための組成物、及び、家畜の飼料採食量低下を抑制する方法を提供する。【解決手段】フラクトース2分子が結合したオリゴ糖であるダイフラクトースアンハイドライドIII(DFA III)を有効成分として含有する組成物(動物医薬又は療養用飼料)を家畜に経口投与又は給与することで、家畜の飼料採食量低下(特に分娩前後の飼料採食量低下)を抑制し、これに起因する家畜の疾病(周産期疾病など)を予防、治療する。【選択図】図1
