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Process for promoting growth and feed efficiency of food producing mammals

US4933364A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1988
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07H23/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for promoting growth and feed efficiency in food producing mammals is provided by administering to such mammals, growth promoting amounts of a zinc complex of a polyether antibiotic selected from the group consisting of monensin, nigericin, salinomycin, narasin, noborotomycin A and B, SY-1, grisorixin, X-206, lonomycin, laidlomycin, mutalomycin, alborixin, lasalocid and lysocellin. Zinc complexes of this type are prepared by adding soluble zinc salt to a fermentation beer containing a polyether antibiotic to thereby form an insoluble, recoverable biomass containing the desired growth-promoting zinc complex for use in the process herein.

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