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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsNing Wei, Thomas G. Shannon
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Disclosed are novel pharmaceutical, animal feed compositions and methods of treating non-human animals comprising at least one component selected from the extract(s), fraction(s), active compound(s) and phytochemical(s), or mixtures thereof, derived from non-woody plants of the genus Hesperaloe. Animal feed compositions may comprise a basal animal feed and water soluble solids extracted from Hesperaloe and comprising at least one saponin. The water soluble solids may comprise from about 5 to about 30 wt % saponin. The compositions of the present invention can be used for the treatment of non-human animals, such as poultry and more particularly for preventing and treating coccidiosis. An embodiment provides an immunological composition useful for inducing the production of antibodies to an antigen in a non-human animal comprising an antigen, preferably a coccidia, and a saponin composition extracted from Hesperaloe. The saponins extracted from Hesperaloe biomass may comprise 25(27)-dehydrofucreastatin, 5(6),25(27)-disdehydroyuccaloiside C, 5(6)-disdehydroyuccaloiside C, furcreastatin and yuccaloiside C.
An immunological composition useful for inducing the production of antibodies to an antigen in a non-human animal comprising:
An immunological composition useful for inducing the production of antibodies to an antigen in a non-human animal comprising:
A method of treating coccidiosis in poultry comprising administering thereto an anticoccidial amount of a feed composition comprising a basal animal feed;
A method of treating coccidiosis in poultry comprising administering thereto an immunogenically effective amount of an antigen and an extract obtained from a biomass derived from a non-woody plant of the genus Hesperaloe, wherein the non-woody plant comprises Hesperaloe funifera, wherein the extract comprises from about 10 to about 25 wt % saponin, based upon the bone dry weight of the extract water soluble solids, and wherein the extract comprises a mixture of 25(27)-dehydrofucreastatin, 5(6),25(27)-disdehydroyuccaloiside C, 5(6)-disdehydroyuccaloiside C, furcreastatin and yuccaloiside C.
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