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US 2016/0129092 A1Published application
Use of beta-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, beta-1,3 (4)-glucan, diatomaceous earth, mineral clay and glucomannan to augment immune function
AssigneeOmniGen Research, LLC
InventorsNeil E. Forsberg, Steven B. Puntenney
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Abstract
A method for the augmentation of immune function is described. The invention comprises a combination of β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, β-1,3 (4)-glucan, diatomaceous earth, mineral clay and glucomannan, which is fed to or consumed by mammalian or avian species in amounts sufficient to augment immune function. The invention described may be admixed with feeds or foods, incorporated into pelleted feeds or foods or administered orally to mammalian and avian species.
Claims22
A feed composition, comprising:
- about 98% to about 99.9875% by weight animal feed;
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- about 0.0125% to about 2% by weight of a dry powder composition comprising silica, mineral clay, β glucans, β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, and mannans.
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A method for preparing a feed composition, comprising:
- combining a dry powder composition comprising silica, mineral clay, β-glucans, β-1,3(4)-endoglucanohydrolase, and mannans with an animal feed to form a feed composition having a ratio of from about 0.0125% to about 2% by weight of the dry powder composition to from about 98% to about 99.9875% by weight of the animal feed.
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A method, comprising:
- administering animal feed and a dry powder composition to animals in a ratio of from 0.0125% to 2% by weight of the dry powder composition to 98% to 99.9875% by weight of the animal feed, the dry powder composition comprising silica, mineral clay, β-glucans, β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, and mannans, thereby reducing death losses of the animals, improving growth rates of the animals, or a combination thereof.
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