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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Teeter, Stillwater, OK (US);
Stanley L Vanhooser, Glencoe, OK (US);
Kevin Q Owen, Manhattan, KS (US);
Assignees:
The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (US);
Lonza, Inc., Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514556 ;
Abstract
An effective amount of carnitine is administered to broiler breeder type poultry to prevent sudden death syndrome. In the preferred embodiment, a carnitine supplemented diet is fed to broiler breeder type chickens in a feed composition during a period of time preceding peak egg production. The feed composition preferably contains between 5 and 1000 ppm of carnitine.