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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.:

US 9808476 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2016

Feed supplement comprising oligosaccharides and medium chain fatty acids

Applicant:

Nutrition Sciences Nv/sa, Drongen, BE;

Inventors:

Geert Bruggeman, Bruges, BE;

Katrien Deschepper, De Pinte, BE;

Assignee:

NUTRITION SCIENCES NV/SA, Drongen, BE;

Attorney:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bin Shen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/702 (2006.01); A61K 31/20 (2006.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A23K 50/75 (2016.01); A23K 50/30 (2016.01); A23K 50/60 (2016.01); A23L 29/30 (2016.01); A23L 33/115 (2016.01); A23K 50/70 (2016.01); A23K 50/80 (2016.01); A23K 20/121 (2016.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/702 (2013.01); A23K 20/121 (2016.05); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A23K 50/60 (2016.05); A23K 50/70 (2016.05); A23K 50/75 (2016.05); A23K 50/80 (2016.05); A23L 29/30 (2016.08); A23L 33/115 (2016.08); A61K 9/0053 (2013.01); A61K 31/20 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a feed supplement and a feed containing this feed supplement, comprising 1) a homotrimer, heterotrimer, homotetramer and/or heterotetramer of a carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a pentose saccharide, a hexose saccharide, glucuronic and galacturonic acid, and 2) a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), selected from the group consisting of caproic acid (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10) and lauric acid (C12). The invention also refers to the use of the feed supplement or feed in order to improve the efficiency of animal production, such as weight gain, feed conversion, nutritive value, health and wellbeing through the selective elimination of enteropathogens.

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