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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G. Teeter, Stillwater, OK (US);
Stanley L. Vanhooser, Glencoe, OK (US);
Kevin Q. Owen, Manhattan, KS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ;
Abstract
An effective amount of carnitine is administered to broiler type poultry to prevent or alleviate ascites. In the preferred embodiment, a carnitine supplemented diet is fed to broiler type chickens in a feed composition during the phase of rapid tissue accretion where a high oxygen requirement stresses the birds' cardiovascular support system. The feed composition preferably contains between 5 and 1000 ppm of carnitine.