methods to reduce the incidence and extent of injury to an animal's cartilage and subarticular bone, to prevent or reduce the incidence of an animal's joint or subarticular bone surface necrosis, to reduce an animal's hyperplasia, necrosis or haemorrhage, to reduce cartilage, growth plate, and bone dysplasia in an animal, and to reduce joint cartilage damage in an animal
The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing and treating osteochondrosis and lameness by administration of supplemental boron containing compounds to animals and humans. The supplemental boron containing compounds are provided in animal feed compositions or as supplements for animal feed. Also provided by this invention are animal feed compositions that are supplemented with boron containing compounds and which have reduced phosphorus content. The invention also provides a method for decreasing the amount of phosphorus excreted by an animal, a method of increasing the efficiency of absorption of phosphorus by an animal, a method of reducing environmental phosphorus pollution by administering supplemental boron to the animal. The invention also provides a method of reducing pre-weaning mortality in an animal by feeding pregnant, nursing or lactating animals by administering supplemental boron containing compounds.
