Method for using a ruminant repellent comprising 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 twelve 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.
Claims4
A method for discouraging ruminants from browsing material normally eaten by said ruminants comprising:
- contacting said material with an amount of a repellent composition effective to discourage browsing of said material by said ruminants, said repellent composition containing as the principal active repellent ingredient a volatile aliphatic aldehyde.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.