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Feed additive for ruminants

US4996067A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1989
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S426/807
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A feed additive for ruminants, which comprises cores containing an acid salt of a basic amino acid, and a first coating layer and a second coating layer coated sequentially on the surface of each core, wherein said first coating layer contains at least one first coating agent selected from the group consisting of a neutral or weakly acidic organic substance, a substantially neutral fine powder of inorganic substance, a non-ionic hydrophilic polymer substance and an anionic hydrophilic polymer substance and being physiologically acceptable to the ruminants, and the second coating layer contains as a second coating agent a polymer soluble or swellable in water in an acidic region of a pH of at most 5.5.

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