Patent ID: 7595079

Claim:
A nutritive feed composition having therapeutic effects in an animal for maintaining and enhancing gastrointestinal microflora, the rehydration status, energy balance and the immune system consisting of: a. probiotics, wherein the probiotics consist of yeast, Lactobacillus species, and Enterococcus species and wherein the probiotics are in an active dose of 10 7 to 10 11 colony forming units (CFU) per day; b. prebiotics, wherein the prebiotics are selected from the group consisting of inulin or soy fructo-oligosaccharide and wherein the prebiotic is used in the composition from concentrations of about 0.01 to 10% (w/w); c. glutamine or glutamine analog, wherein the concentration of the glutamine or glutamine analog is from 44 mg to 100 mg grams/kilogram body weight; d. glucose, wherein the concentration of glucose is from 10 to 50 grams/kilogram of body weight; e. glycine, wherein the concentration of glycine is 66 mg to 264 mg/kilogram of body weight; f. electrolytes, wherein the electrolytes are selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride and potassium chloride and wherein the concentration of the electrolytes are from 5 mg to 100 mg/kilogram of body weight; g. vitamins, wherein the vitamins include vitamin A in a concentration from 50-300 IU/kilogram bodyweight, vitamin E in a concentration of 0.5 IU/kilogram bodyweight, folic acid in a concentration from 0.5 to 2 IU/kilogram bodyweight, and vitamin D 3 in a concentration from 5-30 IU/kilogram bodyweight; h. minerals, wherein the minerals include zinc in a concentration from 100 mg to 200 mg/kilogram bodyweight, copper in a concentration from 0.1 to 2 mg/kilogram bodyweight, manganese in a concentration from 0.05 to 0.2 mg/kilogram bodyweight; i. medium chain triglycerides, wherein the concentration of medium chain triglycerides is from 100 mg to 600 mg/kilogram bodyweight and wherein the medium chain triglycerides contain acyl chain lengths from 8 to 10 carbons; and j. wherein elements a-i are in a unit dosage form in a delivery system and the delivery system is selected from the group consisting of boluses, tablets, chewable tablets, capsules, powders, suspensions, gels, or pastes.