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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Elanco Us Inc., Greenfield, IN (US);
Robert Musser, Good Thunder, MN (US);
Kim Friesen, Carthage, IN (US);
Ran Song, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
ELANCO US INC., Greenfield, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of improve efficiency, growth, and performance in an animal by orally administering to the animal an effective amount of a therapeutic clay. The methods can reduce embryonic loss, increase litter size, increase the number of live births, improve the immune status of the maternal animal, reduce the concentration of maternal fecal amino acids, reduce the concentration of maternal fecal short-chained amino acid, increasing litter birth weight in the maternal animal, increase the amount of young animal colostrum intake, reduce young animal pre-weaning mortality, reduce the number of young animals lost due to low viability, reduce the number of weaned young animals, improve the immune status of young animals at weaning, reduce the number of lightweight young animals from nursery to market, increase the number of young animals marketed per sow, and increase calculated litter weight gain.