Back to results
US 9,427,001 B2Granted
Enhanced bioavailable iodine molecules
AssigneeZinpro Corporation
InventorPeter A. Stark
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This invention relates to supplementation of the diets of domesticated animals (livestock and poultry) with iodine in an enhanced bioavailable manner, that is to say the iodine is more available to the animal than when using conventional sources of iodine, such as calcium iodate. The supplementary compound are alpha amino acid metal iodide complexes.
Claims4
A method of enhancing livestock and poultry iodine bioavailability comprising:
- feeding animals a nutritional supplementation effective amount of hydroxyl acid metal complex with iodine of the formula:
- where in M zinc, and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and 2-(methylthio)ethyl, said compound provides enhanced bioavailability levels of iodine as measured by blood serum iodine concentration, than the same amount of iodine from ethylenediamine dihydroiodide (EDDI) and calcium iodate, wherein said amount is measured by total weight of iodine in the compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.