Patent ID: 6110455
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: A01K,A61K

Abstract:
A method of increasing the rate at which chicks will ingest a competitive exclusion product effective against salmonellae, the method comprising:maintaining a plurality of chicks under the ambient light intensity for the chicks in their normal growing environment for a period sufficient for the chicks to acclimate to the ambient light intensity, and with the proviso that the ambient light intensity is other than darkness;increasing the light intensity to which the chicks are being exposed from the ambient intensity to a predetermined intensity higher than the ambient intensity while distributing a competitive exclusion product onto the chicks and for a time sufficient to spray all of the chicks with the competitive exclusion product; andimmediately thereafter exposing the chicks to an intermediate light intensity that is greater than the normal growing environment ambient intensity but less than the predetermined higher intensity for a period substantially equivalent to the effective lifetime of the competitive exclusion product.