Foodstuffs, animal feeding stuffs and pharmaceutical preparations containing an antibacterial system
AssigneeAstra-Ewos AB
InventorKarl E. L. Bjorck
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Abstract
Process for preparing foodstuffs and animal feeding stuffs containing an antibacterial system, as well as such foodstuffs and animal feeding stuffs, and method for more efficient meat production using such feeding stuffs, an antibacterial system and a method for treating bacterial infections in mammals including humans and a pharmaceutical preparation containing an antibacterial system, whereby the antibacterial system comprises a thiocyanate, a solid, water-soluble peroxide donor and lactoperoxidase.
Claims13
Foodstuff and animal feedstuff comprising foodstuff and animal agents as an antibacterial system capable of being activated in the gastrointestinal tract, the antibacterial system comprising lactoperoxidase, a thiocyanate selected from the group consisting of sodium thiocyanate, potassium thiocyanate and ammonium thiocyanate and a solid water soluble peroxide donor selected from the group consisting of an alkali percarbonate, an alkali earth metal peroxide and a carbamide peroxide, wherein the thiocyanate is present in an effective amount of at least 16 ppm of the total composition calculated as NaSCN, the solid, water soluble peroxide donor is present in an effective amount of at least 21 ppm of the total composition calculated as sodium percarbonate, and lactoperoxidase is present in the form of a lactoperoxidase-containing milk product in an effective amount of at least 1 mg/kg of the total composition, the molar relationship between peroxide donor and thiocyanate being less than 1-2:1.
A method for more efficient meat production comprising feeding to meat producing animals a feeding stuff containing an amount of an antibacterial system effective to increase meat production, the system comprising lactoperoxidase, a thiocyanate selected from the group consisting of sodium thiocyanate, potassium thiocyanate and ammonium thiocyanate and a solid, water soluble peroxide donor selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal percarbonate, an alkali earth metal peroxide, and carbamide peroxide, wherein the thiocyanate calculated as NaSCN being administered in an effective amount of at least 16 ppm of the feeding stuff and sufficient that the thiocyanate concentration in the intestinal tract is at least 0.1 mM, the peroxide donor calculated as sodium percarbonate being administered in an effective amount of at least 21 ppm of the feeding stuff and sufficient that the concentration calculated as H.sub.2 O.sub.2 in the intestinal tract is at least 0.1 mM, and the lactoperoxidase being administered in an effective amount of at least 1 mg/kg of the feeding stuff, and sufficient that the lactoperoxidase concentration in the intestinal tract is at least 1 mg/l of intestinal contents, the molar relationship between the peroxide donor and the thiocyanate being less than 4:1.
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