Patent · US Expired

Methods and compositions for control of coccidiosis

US7048937B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

3References

14Claims

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Assignee

Alltech, Inc. · US

Inventors

Karl A. Dawson · Lexington, US
Arnold E. Sefton · Guelph, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2002
Grant date	May 23, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10L1/223
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Feeding yeast cell wall-containing compositions, including those compositions comprising mannanoligosaccharide(s), to animals exposed to or infected with coccidia, especially poultry exposed to pathogenic species of Eimeria, results in improved livestock performance and physical condition as compared with those animals who were not fed such compositions.

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