Method of using nutritional supplement
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Publication Number
US-8460719-B1
Publication Date
2013-06-11
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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 relates to a method of administering nutritional supplements to poultry by using drinking water as a delivery vehicle in multiple phases. The method administers feed and water to chicks in a first phase, then introduces nutritional supplement compositions in later phases while continuing to administer feed and water.
In a second phase, the method administers feed, water, and a first composition comprising water, copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and antioxidants from essential oils, including cranberry water. In a fourth phase, the method administers feed, water, and a second composition comprising sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water.
After the second composition phase, the method returns to administering feed, water, and the first composition again for approximately 3 days a week until the chicks are harvested. The approach is framed as sequential administration of the two compositions to chicks via the water supply over a period leading to harvesting.
Claims Coverage
The independent claim recites a phased, sequential dosing schedule for poultry using two compositions administered via drinking water, including re-introduction of the first composition approximately 3 days per week until harvest. The provided set also narrows the composition ingredient sets and specifies dosing into a drinking water supply in defined amounts per volume of water.
Phased sequential nutritional supplement administration to poultry
Administer feed and water to chicks for a first phase of several days; administer feed, water, and a first composition for a second phase of several days; administer feed and water for a third phase of several days following the second phase; administer feed, water, and a second composition for a fourth phase of several days; and administer feed, water, and the first composition again for approximately 3 days a week until the chicks are harvested.
First composition with copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and antioxidants from essential oils (cranberry water)
Provide a first composition comprising water, copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and antioxidants from essential oils including cranberry water.
Second composition with sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water
Provide a second composition comprising sodium acid sulfate, citric acid, and cranberry water.
First composition includes propylene glycol
Include propylene glycol in the first composition in which antioxidants from essential oils comprise cranberry water.
Drinking water dosing at specified concentrations for first and second compositions
Administer the first composition to a drinking water supply at about 1 gallon per 512 gallons of water and administer the second composition to the same supply at about 30 liquid ounces per 512 gallons of water.
The claimed coverage centers on administering two defined supplement compositions sequentially to chicks via drinking water in multiple phases, with the first composition reintroduced approximately 3 days a week until harvest, and with claim refinements specifying key formulation components and dosing constraints into the drinking water supply.
Stated Advantages
Improved bird weight/feed conversion and reduced necrotic enteritis mortality and lesion scores.
Reported ROI advantages at market age.
Documented Applications
Use of sequential administration of nutritional supplement compositions to poultry (including broilers) via drinking water, including evaluation in a necrotic enteritis context involving Clostridium.
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