NOVEL USE OF BIOTIN AND NATURAL ESSENTIAL OILS FOR BOVINE ANIMALS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF KETOSIS

Methods to prevent ketosis or minimize the effects of ketosis in ruminant animals are provided. This methods include feeding to the animal biotin in combination with a mixture of at least two essential oil compounds selected from the group consisting of thymol, eugenol, meta-cresol, vaniline and gua...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEINBERG, Wolfgang, MC GRATH, Joseph, IMMIG, Irmgard
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	FODDER FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods to prevent ketosis or minimize the effects of ketosis in ruminant animals are provided. This methods include feeding to the animal biotin in combination with a mixture of at least two essential oil compounds selected from the group consisting of thymol, eugenol, meta-cresol, vaniline and guajacol. The methods usefully prevent and/or inhibit ketosis of calving ruminant animals and the subsequent need for veterinary treatment. In a preferred embodiment of a feeding concept for dairy cattle, especially calving dairy cattle, biotin is used in an amount sufficient to provide a daily dosage of 10 mg to 20 mg per head to which it is to be administered. It is at present contemplated that the essential oils are administered in amounts (total dosage ranges of essential oils) of 1 to 1.5 g per head per day.