Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Hubert Tiefenbacher

Peter Paul Hoppe

Peter Lechtken

Axel Nuerrenbach

Guenther Matthias

Bernhard Schulz

Joachim U Schneider

Friedrich Kraus

Horst Schumacher

Arie Kuipers

Walter Kohler

Juergen Schole

Herbert Becker

A growth-promoting additive for feeds consists of a commercial growth promoter as well as an aminoreductone of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R.sup.4 is an unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl or alkenyl radical or a radical of an aminoacid.

Mixtures which promote growth and increase production, and feeds and

A process for the preparation of .beta.-carotene micellar solutions, wherein a non-ionic emulsifier which is suitable for the preparation of micellar solutions is heated at from 160.degree. to 180.degree. C. and a total of from 20 to 30% by weight, based on the emulsifier, of .beta.-carotene is introduced in the presence of a conventional antioxidant, the hot homogeneous mixture is cooled rapidly to below 100.degree. C. by adding water, and the formulation is brought to the desired concentration of from 3 to 6% by weight by adding further water, and the .beta.-carotene micellar solutions obtained by this process. The non-ionic emulsifiers used in this process have an HLB value of from 12 to 16, and are in particular oxyethylated triglycerides of fatty acids of 12 to 18 carbon atoms containing 20-60 oxyethylene units. Parenteral admininstration of the stable .beta.-carotene micellar solutions according to the invention to cattle relieves the disturbed estrus cycle and impaired fertility caused by .beta.-carotene deficiency.

Stable injectable .beta.-carotene micellar solutions and their

A vitamin E dry powder, which contains a protein colloid and a disaccharide as carriers, is prepared by dispersing a vitamin E ester in a residual liquor, low in alkaline earth metal ions and rich in lactose, from the production of lactose, in the presence of from 2 to 30% by weight, based on the solids content of the residual liquor, of a caseinate, and spray-drying the dispersion. The vitamin E dry powder thus prepared is stable, easy to dose and physiologically safe, so that it can be used for any desired purpose.

Preparation of a vitamin E dry powder

Feed pellets are produced by homogeneously mixing feed meals with from 0.1 to 2% of a pulverulent urea-formaldehyde resin obtained by spray-drying a glue solution, and pelletizing the mixture.

Manufacture of pellets from feed meals

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Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany

Hubert Tiefenbacher