Patent ID: 6365174
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A23K,A61K

Abstract:
A wettable powder composition of an ionophore antibiotic comprising, when expressed weight for weight with respect to the overall wettable powder composition,from 90 to 95%, of crystalline monensin; from 0.1 to 2% of an antifoam agent comprising silicon powder; from 0.1 to 5% of a wetting agent comprising sodium lauryl sulfate; from 0.1 to 5% of a dispersal agent comprising colloidal anhydrous silica; and from 0.1 to 5% of a suspension agent comprising a galactomannan; wherein said wettable powder composition is capable of being suspended in water, in the absence of an organic solvent, to form a suspension deliverable into a suckling ruminant or, capable upon admixture with a dry milk powder or a milk substitute powder, or a mixture of dry milk powder and milk substitute powder, of being mixed with water, in the absence of an organic solvent, to form a suspension deliverable into a suckling ruminant as a milk replacement or extender.