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US 5,501,857 AGranted
Oral nutritional and dietary composition
AssigneeMidwestern Bio-Ag Products & Services, Inc.
InventorWilliam A. Zimmer
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Abstract
An oral nutritional supplement, i.e., a dietary adjunct, for livestock which includes incompatible live microbial cultures, and vitamin and mineral supplements, each separated from the other via multiple encapsulation. The microbial cultures include gastrointestinal bacteria, yeasts or fungi. A method of delivering incompatible compounds in vivo, a method of preparing shelf-stable compositions of incompatible substances, and a system for delivering oral nutritional supplements to livestock are also provided.
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A dietary adjunct composition comprising:
- a double capsule, said double capsule including an inner capsule and an outer capsule spaced apart and enclosing said inner capsule,
- a) said inner capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell and a first substance therein,
- b) said outer capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell and a second substance therein;
- wherein, one of said substances is viable gastrointestinal microorganisms and the other said substance is a nutritional supplement having the property of diminishing viability of said microorganisms;
- wherein said microorganisms are selected from the group consisting of gastrointestinal bacteria, live cell yeasts, fungi and a combination thereof;
- wherein said bacteria are one or more of the genus Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus, Bifidobacterium, or Propionibacterium;
- wherein said live cell yeast is the genus Saccharomyces;
- wherein said fungus is the genus Aspergillus;
- and wherein said nutritional supplement is selected from the group consisting of vitamins, minerals, and a combination thereof;
- said vitamins including one or more of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B.sub.12, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine, choline, folic acid, biotin, vitamin K, and vitamin C;
- and said minerals including one or more of cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, and selenium.
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A dietary adjunct composition comprising:
- a) a double capsule, said double capsule including an inner capsule and an outer capsule spaced apart and enclosing said inner capsule, said inner capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell, said outer capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell,
- b) viable microorganisms within said double capsule, wherein said microorganisms are bacteria, fungi or live cell cultures of yeast or a combination thereof, wherein said bacteria include one or more of the genus Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus, Bifidobacterium, or Propionibacterium;
- wherein said fungi is the genus Aspergillus;
- and wherein said yeast is the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae;
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- c) a nutritional supplement within said double capsule, said nutritional supplement separated from said microorganisms by said gelatin shell of said inner capsule, wherein said nutritional supplement is selected from the group consisting of vitamins, minerals, and a combination of thereof, and wherein said vitamins are selected from the group consisting of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B.sub.12, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine, choline, folic acid, biotin, vitamin K, vitamin C, and a combination thereof, and wherein said minerals are selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium, and a combination thereof.
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A method for providing a dietary supplement to a food-producing animal, comprising the steps of administering orally to said animal a double capsule having an inner gelatin capsule and an outer gelatin capsule enclosing said inner gelatin capsule, said double capsule including a nutritional supplement therein, said double capsule further including viable gastrointestinal microorganisms therein, said nutritional supplement partitioned from said microorganisms;
- wherein said microorganisms are rendered non-viable when said nutritional supplement and said microorganisms are stored in a bolus or single capsule formulation;
- said microorganisms including one or more of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus casei, Streptococcus faecium, Pediococcus cerevisiae, Bifidobacterium longum, live cell yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus oryzae or Propionibacterium freudenreichii;
- said nutritional supplement selected from the group consisting of vitamins, minerals, and a combination of thereof, and wherein said vitamins are selected from the group consisting of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B.sub.12, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine, choline, folic acid, biotin, vitamin K, vitamin C, and a combination thereof, and wherein said minerals are selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium, and a combination thereof.
A dietary adjunct composition comprising:
- a) a double capsule, said double capsule including an inner capsule and an outer capsule spaced apart and enclosing said inner capsule, said inner capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell, said outer capsule including a dissolvable gelatin shell,
- b) viable microorganisms within said double capsule, wherein said microorganisms include one or more of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus casei, Streptococcus faecium, Pediococcus cerevisiae, Bifidobacterium longum, live cell yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus oryzae or Propionibacterium freudenreichii;
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- c) a nutritional supplement within said double capsule, said nutritional supplement separated from said microorganisms by said gelatin shell of said inner capsule, wherein said nutritional supplement is selected from the group consisting of vitamins, minerals, and a combination of thereof, and wherein said vitamins are selected from the group consisting of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B.sub.12, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine, choline, folic acid, biotin, vitamin K, vitamin C, and a combination thereof, and wherein said minerals are selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium, and a combination thereof.
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