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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1989
Michael J Wax, Columbia, MD (US);
Timothy A Boyer, Baltimore, MD (US);
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The accumulation of gaseous ammonia in areas wherein animals are housed or maintained is controlled by providing to the areas animal litter, bedding, or other absorbent material which contain a low molecular weight, non-volatile organic acid. Acids such as citric, malic, fumaric, phosphoric, tartaric, maleic, malonic, succinic, sorbic and mixtures of these acids are used and especially phosphoric and fumaric. These acids can be used in concentrations of about 0.0001 to 2 wt % of the dry bedding.
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