Method for using a ruminant repellent comprising oxidation precursors of aliphatic aldehydes
AssigneeWeyerhaeuser Company
InventorsKatashi Oita, Marion R. San Clemente, John H. Oh, George T. Tiedeman
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Abstract
A method for discouraging ruminants from browsing edible material normally eaten by such ruminants comprises contacting the material and/or the region adjacent such material with a repellent composition. The repellent composition contains as the active repellent ingredient an aliphatic aldehyde, preferably having from six to 12 carbon atoms. The repellent composition can also be applied to the material as a repellent-producing composition that is an oxidation precursor of the aliphatic aldehyde.
Claims8
A method for discouraging ruminants from browsing on leaves normally eaten by said ruminants comprising applying a mixture of a repellent-producing amount of an ingredient comprising oleic acid or an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salt of oleic acid and a repellent-producing amount of an additional ruminant repellent to leaves normally eaten by ruminants in a nonphytotoxic amount effective to discourage browsing of said leaves by said ruminants.
A method for discouraging ruminants from browsing on leaves normally eaten by said ruminants comprising:
- applying to said leaves a nonphytotoxic amount of a repellent-producing composition effective to discourage browsing of said leaves by said ruminants, said repellent-producing composition containing as the principal active repellent-producing ingredient a compound having the formula ##STR6## wherein:
- x is 5 through 7, inclusive,
- y is 5 through 7, inclusive,
- R.sub.1 is --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--
- R.sub.1 having at least one cis carbon-carbon double bond, and
- R.sub.3 is hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or an alkyl group having from one to six carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof.
A method for discouraging ruminants from browsing on leaves normally eaten by said ruminants comprising:
- applying to said leaves a nonphytotoxic amount of a repellent-producing composition effective to discourage browsing of said leaves by said ruminants, said repellent-producing composition containing as the principal active repellent-producing ingredient a compound having the formula ##STR8## wherein:
- x is 5 through 7, inclusive,
- y is 5 through 7, inclusive,
- R.sub.1 is --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--,
- R.sub.1 having at least one cis carbon-carbon double bond, and
- R.sub.3 is a relatively inert group that will allow said ingredient to undergo autoxidation at or adjacent the unsaturated bonds of R.sub.1 after application to said leaves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.