Glutamine containing electrolyte solution for calf scours
AssigneeVets Plus, Inc.
InventorsRajiv Lall, Daniel J. DuBordieu
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Abstract
Electrolytes and glucose are supplemented with 30 mmol/L glutamine to treat scours. This is administered to calves that experience watery, soft or foamy feces from various enteric diseases.
Claims3
A method for enhancing sodium and water uptake in scouring calves comprising administering to the calves therapeutically effective amounts of electrolytes and glucose supplemented with glutamine.
A method for enhancing sodium and water uptake in a scouring calf comprising administering thereto therapeutically effective amounts of electrolytes and glucose supplemented with a glutamine analog, a polypeptide consisting of glutamine residues, or a mixture of the glutamine analog and said polypeptide;
- wherein said glutamine analog is an amino acid which is a derivative, isomer or homolog of glutamine that retains a side-chain carboxamide moiety.
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