Non-medicinal food additive for animals, supplemented foods containing same and method for improving animal growth
Abstract
This invention relates to a non-medicinal food additive that is an animal growth promoter containing 99% pure zeolite partially or totally exchanged with a C m+ cation, i.e., a synthetic zeolite, having the general formula I below: 1 m yC m + ( 1 - y ) 1 n M n + AlO 2 xSiO 2 in which x is greater than 1 and advantageously between 1 and 15; M n+ represents an alkaline or alkaline earth exchangeable ion, advantageously Na + , K + , Ca 2+ or Li + ; n is between 1 and 2; y is the exchange rate and is between 0.001 and 1; C m+ is a metallic cation chosen from among copper Cu 2+ , silver Ag + or zinc Zn 2+ ; m is between 1 and 2; this invention also relates to an additive premix and a supplemented food containing same and a method of improving the growth of animals.
Claims
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15 . Non-medical food additive that is an animal growth promoter containing 99% pure zeolite partially or totally exchanged with a C m+ cation with the general formula I below:
1
m
yC
m
+
(
1
-
y
)
1
n
M
n
+
AlO
2
xSiO
2
in which x is greater than 1;
M n+ represents an alkaline or alkaline earth exchangeable ion;
n is between 1 and 2;
y is the exchange rate and is between 0.001 and 1;
C m+ is a metallic cation selected from the group consisting of copper Cu 2+ , silver Ag + and zinc Zn 2+ ;
m is between 1 and 2.
16 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein y is between 0.01 and 0.80.
17 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein the zeolite is selected from the group consisting of type A zeolite, type X zeolite, type Y zeolite, mordenite, ferrierite, beta zeolite and pentasil type structures.
18 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein the C m+ metallic cation is copper Cu 2+ .
19 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein the zeolite is of type Y, the metallic cation C m+ is copper Cu 2+ and the zeolite contains between 1 and 12.5% by weight of copper as a proportion of the total weight of zeolite.
20 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein the zeolite is of type Y, the metallic cation C m+ is silver Ag + and the zeolite contains between 1 and 33% by weight of silver as a proportion of the total weight of zeolite.
21 . Additive according to claim 15 , wherein the metallic cation C m+ is zinc Zn 2+ , the zeolite is of type Y, and the zeolite contains between 1 and 13% by weight of zinc as a proportion of the total weight of zeolite.
22 . Additive according to claim 15 , for feeding farm animals or pets.
23 . Premix of non-medical growth promoter food additive for animals, wherein it contains a food additive according to claim 15 on a support and/or in combination with at least another animal food additive.
24 . Supplemented food for animals, wherein it contains a food additive according to claim 15 .
25 . Supplemented food for animals according to claim 24 , wherein the quantity of zeolite present is 5 to 200 ppm by weight as a proportion of the total weight of the food.
26 . Method of improving the growth of animals, which comprises incorporating the zeolite as defined in claim 15 in the food of said animals.
27 . Method of improving the growth of animals, which comprises incorporating a zeolite in the form of a food additive according to claim 15 .
28 . Method according to claim 26 , wherein the animals are selected from the group consisting of porcines, bovines, ovines, goats, poultry, rabbits, fish and birds.
29 . Additive according to claim 19 , wherein the zeolite contains between 3 and 9% by weight of copper as a proportion of the total weight of zeolite.
30 . Additive according to claim 22 , wherein the animals or pets are selected from the group consisting of porcines, bovines, ovines, goats, poultry, rabbits, fish and birds.
31 . Supplemental food according to claim 25 , wherein the quantity of zeolite present in equal to about 10 ppm by weight as a proportion of the total weight of the food.
32 . Method according to claim 26 , wherein the zeolite is incorporated in the food of said animals with a quantity of 5 to 200 ppm by weight as a proportion of the total weight of food.
33 . Premix according to claim 23 , wherein the support and/or the other animal food additive is selected from the group consisting of animal non-medical growth promoter additives and/or vitamins and trace elements.
34 . Method according to claim 27 , wherein the animals are selected from the group consisting of porcines, bovines, ovines, goats, poultry, rabbits, fish and birds.
35 . Supplemented food for animals, wherein it contains a premix according to claim 23 .
36 . Method of improving the growth of animals, which comprises incorporating a zeolite in the form of a premix according to claim 23 .Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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