Nutritional supplement for use with poultry and livestock
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Publication Number
US-8298593-B2
Publication Date
2012-10-30
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Abstract
A first composition including copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and antioxidants from essential oils and a second composition including sodium acid sulfate, citric acid and antioxidants from essential oils are sequentially administered to livestock through the drinking water supply to reduce the incidence of diseases such as Clostridium, E. coli and Salmonella and, thus, reliance on antibiotics to control the diseases.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a nutritional water-based poultry production supplement that improves the quality and quantity of production in poultry by reducing the incidence of necrotic enteritis. The core composition includes water and specific antimicrobial and antioxidant-related components selected from copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and cranberry water.
In one described formulation approach, the nutritional water-based supplement is provided as sequential compositions, including a first composition and a second composition, each comprising water and defined chemical components. Composition I includes copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and cranberry water, while Composition II includes sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water.
The described use is grounded in reducing incidence and severity associated with necrotic enteritis, including necrotic enteritis mortality and lesion scores, and production metrics such as body weight and adjusted feed conversion. The text also associates the supplement with antibacterial/immune effects against pathogens including Clostridium, E. coli, and Salmonella.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims provide two different composition sets aimed at improving the quality and quantity of production in poultry by reducing the incidence of necrotic enteritis. Across the independent claim families, the main inventive features involve defined water-based component selections and, in dependent claims, concentration and proportion constraints expressed relative to water or cranberry water volumes.
Poultry necrotic enteritis reducing water-based composition
A composition for improving the quality and quantity of production in poultry by reducing the incidence of necrotic enteritis, the composition comprising water, copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and cranberry water.
Poultry necrotic enteritis reducing composition using sodium acid sulfate
A composition for improving the quality and quantity of production in poultry by reducing the incidence of necrotic enteritis, the composition comprising sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water.
Overall, the claim coverage centers on water-based poultry compositions that reduce necrotic enteritis incidence, with one independent claim emphasizing a multi-component formulation containing copper sulfate, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, and Yucca schidigera extract in addition to citric acid and cranberry water, and the other independent claim emphasizing a simpler combination of sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water. Dependent claims further specify quantitative concentration and proportion constraints for selected components.
Stated Advantages
Improves the quality and quantity of production in poultry by reducing the incidence of necrotic enteritis.
Produces reduced necrotic enteritis mortality and reduced lesion scores.
Improves production metrics including body weight and adjusted feed conversion ratio (FCR).
Documented Applications
Nutritional water-based supplementation for poultry, including broiler chicks, to reduce necrotic enteritis incidence and associated lesion scores and mortality, with reported effects on body weight and adjusted feed conversion ratio (FCR).
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