Methods for producing animal feed preparations with astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes

US7381541B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE
• BASF SE
• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Flachmann · Schifferstadt, DE
• Matt Sauer · Quedlinburg, DE
• Christel Renate Schopfer · Quedlinburg, DE
• Martin Klebsattel · Quedlinburg, DE
• Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer · Birkenheide, DE
• Thomas Luck · Hersbruck, DE
• Dirk Voeste · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/818
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes for oral administration to animals, methods for producing animal feed preparations, the animal feed preparations themselves, a method for pigmenting animals or animal products, and also a method for producing pigmented animals and animal products.