Graham W. Burton,Cameron L. Groome,James G. Nickerson,William W. Riley,Janusz Daroszewski
申请号:
US15570554
公开号:
US20180139985A1
申请日:
2016.03.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
Necrotic enteritis (NE) has been largely found in commercial broiler chickens when they are produced without the use of antimicrobial growth promoters. The present invention provides a method and use of oxidized carotenoids, components thereof and compositions and products containing same, such as OxBC ('OxC-beta™, Product from Avivagen Inc., Canada) for preventing necrotic enteritis in animals, such as poultry. Related compositions, kits are also herein included in the invention.