Metal propionates for use as animal feed supplements
US5707679A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S426/807
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A supplemented animal feed composition comprising (a) an animal feed that is deficient in a trace metal admixed with (b) a diet-supplementing effective amount of a polyvalent metal cation propionate having the formula M(CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2 COO.sup.-).sub.x, wherein M is a polyvalent metal cation form of said deficient metal that is selected from the group consisting of Zn.sup.+2, Cu.sup.+2, Fe.sup.+3, Fe.sup.+2, Mn.sup.+2, Co.sup.+2 and Cr.sup.+3, and x is an integer equal to the cationic charge of M. The metal propionates are used as biologically available and economical sources of trace metal for supplementation in animal diets.
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