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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary M Johnson, Wallace, NC (US);
Glen L Heuberger, Clarendon Hill, IL (US);
Assignee:
Swift & Company, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283031 ; 119143 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
Live poultry, soon after hatching, are treated with a cryogenic fluid applied at the keel bone tip for a brief period sufficient to retard growth of the keel bone tip but insufficient to damage skin or tissue and thereby reduce breast blister and other dermal growths and increase the market quality of birds at maturity.