COMPOSITION POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'HYPOCALCEMIE CHEZ LES RUMINANTS

• Main Author: LE JEAN GILLES
• Format: Patent
• Language: French
• Published: 11.07.2014
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Administering a bolus to a ruminant animal, comprises administering a first bolus to the ruminant via oral route, where the first bolus is in the form of an anhydrous solid tablet comprising calcium formate, an organic acid different from formic acid, and a basic source of calcium, falls and dissolves in ruminal juice of rumen of the ruminant animal so that calcium formate is absorbed by the ruminal wall, and the organic acid reacts with the basic source of calcium to form an organic salt of calcium that is absorbed by the ruminal wall. An independent claim is also included for a bolus in the form of an anhydrous solid tablet for administration to the ruminant animal, comprising calcium formate, organic acid and the basic source of calcium that reacts in the presence of water with the organic acid to produce the calcium salt. ACTIVITY : Metabolic; Antipyretic. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given.