Title:
METHOD FOR REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF PECTORAL MYOPATHY IN POULTRY FEED
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/073307
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an additive to poultry feed including nitrates, nitrites or their mixtures that reduces the incidence of pectoral myopathy in poultry, for example, wooden breast myopathy in broiler chickens. In one aspect, a method for reducing the incidence of pectoral myopathy in poultry is disclosed. The method includes feeding poultry a feed having one or more nitrates, one or more nitrites, or a mixture thereof, wherein the amount of nitrates and/or nitrites in the feed is 3 g to 2,500 g per ton of feed.
Inventors:
MIRANDA DANIEL (US)
DUBOIS ALVARO (US)
BELUCIO ALESSANDRO (US)
DUBOIS ALVARO (US)
BELUCIO ALESSANDRO (US)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2018/001490
Publication Date:
September 06, 2019
Filing Date:
August 22, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CAN TECH INC (US)
International Classes:
G01N27/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016090366A1 | 2016-06-09 |
Foreign References:
| US3639584A | 1972-02-01 | |||
| DE102007020378A1 | 2008-11-06 | |||
| US20110313043A1 | 2011-12-22 | |||
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Other References:
BIANCHI ET AL.: "The Occurrence of Deep Pectoral Myopathy in Roaster Chickens", POULTRY SCIENCE, vol. 85, no. 10, 2006, pages 1843 - 1846, XP055634111
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WARMINSKY, Joshua, M. (US)
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