Patent ID: 6265438
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A23K,A23L

Abstract:
A feed supplement comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable basic salt of an essential metal provided in a form suitable for consumption by animals, wherein the basic salt is selected from the group of compounds consisting of:(a) compounds of the formula M(OH).sub.y X.sub.2-y wherein M is a divalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent anion and y is greater than 0 but less than 2, provided that when M is Cu.sup.2+, X is not chloride;(b) compounds of the formula M(OH).sub.y X.sub.(2-y)/2 wherein M is a divalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent anion and y is greater than 0 but less than 2;(c) compounds of the formula M(OH).sub.y X.sub.(2-y)/3 wherein M is a divalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable trivalent anion and u is greater than 0 but less than 2;(d) compounds of the formula M'(OH).sub.u X.sub.3-u wherein M' is a trivalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent anion and u is greater than 0 but less than 3;(e) compounds of the formula M'(OH).sub.u X.sub.(3-u)/2 wherein M' is a trivalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent anion and u is greater than 0 but less than 3; and(f) compounds of the formula M'(OH).sub.u X.sub.(3-u)/3 wherein M' is a trivalent cation of the essential metal, X is a pharmaceutically acceptable trivalent anion and u is greater than 0 but less than 3.