Non-medicinal food additive for animals, supplemented foods containing same and method for improving animal growth

Abstract

This invention relates to a non-medicinal food additive that is an animal growth promoter containing 99% pure zeolite partially or totally exchanged with a Cm+ cation, i.e., a synthetic zeolite, having the general formula I below: 1 m  yC m +  ( 1 - y )  1 n  M n +  AlO 2  xSiO 2 in which x is greater than 1 and advantageously between 1 and 15; Mn+ represents an alkaline or alkaline earth exchangeable ion, advantageously Na+, K+, Ca2+ or Li+; n is between 1 and 2; y is the exchange rate and is between 0.001 and 1; Cm+ is a metallic cation chosen from among copper Cu2+, silver Ag+ or zinc Zn2+; m is between 1 and 2; this invention also relates to an additive premix and a supplemented food containing same and a method of improving the growth of animals.

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