Patent ID: 9642893
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A23K,A61K

Claim:
1. A method of limiting the release of Creatine Kinase (CK) in a ruminant species with muscle injury caused in and after being in a hydraulic chute, comprising: identifying a ruminant species suffering from or likely to sustain a muscle injury in the following 24 hours after being in a hydraulic chute; administering an interferon containing composition, comprising an interferon-alpha, to said ruminant species to limit the release of CK from a muscle of said ruminant species during and after said muscle injury; wherein said interferon-alpha is orally administered to said ruminant species within 8 hours of said muscle injury in a dosage amount of about 0.01 IU/lb to about 100 IU/lb of an animal body weight of said ruminant species.