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US 11,259,547 · App. 15/023,512 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Composition and feed containing medium-chain fatty acids

Inventors: Geert Bruggeman (Bruges, BE); Katrien Deschepper (De Pinte, BE)
Assignee: Nutrition Sciences N.V.
A23K20/158A23K50/10A23K50/60A61K9/0056A61K31/20A61K45/06
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Patent No.
US 11,259,547
App. No.
15/023,512
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention concerns a composition containing medium-chain fatty acids or salts or mono-, di-, triglycerides, esters or amide derivatives of medium-chain fatty acids. In a further aspect, the present invention concerns also a feed, supplemented with the composition, and a method for feeding animals, in particular calves, cattle and dairy cattle.

Claims (11)

1. A method for treating and preventing mastitis in an animal comprising administering a composition to an animal, wherein the composition consists essentially of fatty acids consisting of caprylic acid (C8), capric acid (C10) and lauric acid (C12), without caproic acid (C6), and wherein the ratio of caprylic acid (C8) to capric acid (C10) is at least 0.6 and maximum 1.5 and wherein the ratio between the sum of caprylic acid and capric acid (C8+C10) and lauric acid (C12) in the composition amounts to at least 0.6 and maximum 1.5.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises vitamins, trace elements, or minerals.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is suitable for calves, cattle and dairy cattle.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is administered orally.

5. Method according to 4 , wherein the animal is fed on a daily basis.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the composition is included in an animal feed at between 0.1 and 2 g/kg of dry weight of the feed.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the animal is fed on a daily basis.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the composition is administered as a supplement to animal feed.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the animal is fed on a daily basis.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the inclusion amount of the composition ensures that an animal, fed with the animal feed, obtains the composition at a level of between 0.1 and 2 g MCFA/ kg dry matter in feed/day/animal.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the animal is fed on a daily basis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: BRUGGEMAN, GEERT; DESCHEPPER, KATRIEN
To: NUTRITION SCIENCES N.V.
Reel/Frame 038138/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
BE 2013/0677 · Oct 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160205970A1 · Jul 21, 2016