Composition and method for improving meat production and quality as well as feed utilization by animals

US4268493A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Walter Rosenthal · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 1978
• Grant date: May 19, 1981
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/807
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Qualitative and quantitative meat production is improved considerably and decisively through administration of radio-active iodine isotope compounds, preferably the artificial iodine isotope I.sup.131. The glandular thyroid tissue is destroyed to any desirable degree by its administration. This method has the great advantage that in general a single administration suffices to achieve dramatic results. The method does not interfere with other measures used to improve meat production, such as early castration, or the use of feed additives like vitamins, antibiotics, and hormone preparations.