Growth promoters for animals
AssigneeAlkermes Controlled Therapeutics Inc. II
InventorDanny H. Lewis
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Abstract
A delivery system for providing growth promoters to food animals is provided and a method of promoting growth in food animals using such delivery systems is described.
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An injectable composition comprising microparticles, wherein said microparticles comprise a biodegradable polymeric matrix, wherein said composition comprises asteroid growth promoter microencapsulated within said polymeric matrix, and wherein said composition further comprises an unencapsulated anthelmintic.
An injectable composition comprising microparticles, wherein said microparticles comprise a biodegradable polymeric matrix, wherein said composition comprises asteroid growth promoter microencapsulated within said polymeric matrix, and wherein said composition further comprises an anthelmintic within said polymeric matrix.
An injectable composition comprising microparticles, wherein said microparticles comprise a biodegradable polymeric matrix, a steroid growth promoter microencapsulated within said polymeric matrix and an anthelmintic microencapsulated within said polymeric matrix, and wherein said steroid growth promoter and said anthelmintic are separately microencapsulated.
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