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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Perstorp Ab, Perstorp, SE;
Inventors:
Filip Van Immerseel, Eke, BE;
Richard Sygall, Riethoven, NL;
Karolien Van Driessche, Zele, BE;
Richard Ducatelle, Wortegem-Petegem, BE;
Conrad Gerard Schwarzer, Beringen, BE;
Assignee:
PERSTORP AB, Perstorp, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/22 (2006.01); A23K 50/75 (2016.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23K 50/70 (2016.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/22 (2013.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23K 50/70 (2016.05); A23K 50/75 (2016.05); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 9/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention refers to the use of a glycerol ester composition of at least one short chain fatty acid for preventing and/or alleviating necrotic enteritis in the gastric tract of galloanserans. The glycerol ester composition comprises at least 75% by weight of glyceryl tributyrate, below 25% by weight of glyceryl dibutyrate and below 8% by weight of glyceryl monobutyrate. The present invention also refers to the use of the glycerol ester composition for modulating the gut flora of galloanserans.