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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:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D. Hayen, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Dennis Steven Pollmann, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biotec ASA, Tromso, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A01N 6/304 ; A61K 3/1715 ; A23C 9/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A01N 6/304 ; A61K 3/1715 ; A23C 9/12 ;
Abstract
A composition and a process for enhancing animal growth by orally administering the animal with the composition are provided. The composition comprises an animal feed and a yeast glucan wherein the animal feed can contain at least one starch-bearing substance such as, for example, grain meal; at least one protein-bearing substance such as, for example, fish meal; a fat-containing substance such as, for example, soybean oil; and the yeast glucan can be obtained from a yeast such as, for example,