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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael M Danley, Grimes, IA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424274 ;
Abstract
A method for increasing the rate of weight gain and feeding efficiency of a ruminating animal which comprises including captan, captafol, folpet, or mixtures of these compounds, in the animal's roughage feed allotment in a weight-gaining-effective amount between 1 and 200 parts per million, based on the daily roughage feed allotment for the animal. Preferably the compound is captan, and preferably the amount of captan included in the roughage feed is below 150 ppm.