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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 a non-woody plant of the genus 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 the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis.
An immunological composition useful for inducing the production of antibodies to an antigen in a non-human animal comprising:
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A method of treating coccidiosis in poultry comprising administering thereto an anticoccidial amount of a feed composition comprising a basal animal feed;
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A method of treating coccidiosis in poultry comprising administering thereto an immunogenically effective amount of an antigen and an extract from a non-woody plant of the genus Hesperaloe comprising at least one saponin, wherein the amount of saponin in the extract ranges from about 10 to about 100%, by weight of the extract water soluble solids.
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