The present invention relates to compositions comprising thymol for use in the preventive and/or curative treatment of inflammatory or functional diseases of the intestinal tract and related symptoms in human subjects, or monogastric animals, or poultry or fish by modulating the receptors and/or enzymes of the endocannabinoid system.

A formulation for voluntary oral administration of bioactive compounds to rodents. The semidsolid formulation having at least one thickening agent, a digestible sweetener selected from sucralose and calcium saccharin, a diluent agent, wherein the diluent agent is a powder with a granulometry between 300 and 800 μm, obtained from finely grounded seeds, cereal grains or cereal grain based diet for rodents, at least one flavor masking agent and a bioactive compound. The semi-solid formulation promotes voluntary feeding in rodents regardless of the bioactive compounds contained therein and without disruption of the metabolic pathways, therefore the semi-solid formulation has shown to be ideal for use in the oral administration of drugs and bioactive compounds to rodents. Use of the semi-solid formulation in the production of toxicant baits for rodents is also envisioned.

Disclosed is a method for preparing an attapulgite-based pH-responsive antibacterial material, including: directly spraying a natural aldehyde-based antibacterial agent onto an attapulgite powder under stirring, and constantly stirring the attapulgite powder for 20-30 min; grinding the attapulgite powder in a ball mill for 30-60 min to obtain a ground attapulgite powder; placing the ground attapulgite powder in a stirred tank, and spraying a chitosan-citric acid aqueous solution onto the ground attapulgite powder; after spraying, constantly stirring the ground attapulgite powder for 30-120 min; and finally drying the ground attapulgite powder to obtain a dried attapulgite powder, sieving the dried attapulgite powder to obtain a sieved attapulgite powder, and packaging the sieved attapulgite powder to obtain the antibacterial material.

Disclosed is a method for preparing an attapulgite-based pH-responsive antibacterial material, including: directly spraying a natural aldehyde-based antibacterial agent onto an attapulgite powder under stirring, and constantly stirring the attapulgite powder for 20-30 min; grinding the attapulgite powder in a ball mill for 30-60 min to obtain a ground attapulgite powder; placing the ground attapulgite powder in a stirred tank, and spraying a chitosan-citric acid aqueous solution onto the ground attapulgite powder; after spraying, constantly stirring the ground attapulgite powder for 30-120 min; and finally drying the ground attapulgite powder to obtain a dried attapulgite powder, sieving the dried attapulgite powder to obtain a sieved attapulgite powder, and packaging the sieved attapulgite powder to obtain the antibacterial material.

The group of inventions relates to feed supplements. The feed supplement for a feed product intended for broiler chickens includes, in the first variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80; in the second variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin in polysorbate 80, activated carbon; in the third variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80, activated carbon. The method for producing the feed supplement for a feed product intended for broiler chickens comprises loading amorphous silicon dioxide or amorphous silicon dioxide in a mixture with activated carbon into a disperser, stirring at from about 1000 rpm to about 2000 rpm for about 0.5 h while gradually adding micellated extract of curcumin in polysorbate 80 or micellated extract of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80, increasing the stirring speed to 7000 to 9000 rpm until a homogeneous product is generated. The group of inventions provides increased growth performance, improved quality of meat of broiler chickens. 4 independent claims, 7 subclaims, 8 tables.

The group of inventions relates to feed supplements. The feed supplement for a feed product intended for broiler chickens includes, in the first variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80; in the second variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin in polysorbate 80, activated carbon; in the third variant, amorphous mesoporous silicon dioxide, solution of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80, activated carbon. The method for producing the feed supplement for a feed product intended for broiler chickens comprises loading amorphous silicon dioxide or amorphous silicon dioxide in a mixture with activated carbon into a disperser, stirring at from about 1000 rpm to about 2000 rpm for about 0.5 h while gradually adding micellated extract of curcumin in polysorbate 80 or micellated extract of curcumin and rutin in polysorbate 80, increasing the stirring speed to 7000 to 9000 rpm until a homogeneous product is generated. The group of inventions provides increased growth performance, improved quality of meat of broiler chickens. 4 independent claims, 7 subclaims, 8 tables.

Methods for reducing the risk of viral infection in animals due to consumption of viral contaminated feed. The methods comprise administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a feed additive, wherein the feed additive comprises a mixture of organic acids. The methods can be used to reduce the risk of infection in animals whose feed may or may not be contaminated with certain viruses.

The present invention relates to use of preferably fully hydrogenated soybean oil for manufacturing a particulate feed additive that is resistant to heat induced caking The mixture of the invention comprises hydrogenated soybean oil and thymol, wherein the weight ratio between hydrogenated soybean oil and thymol is from 10:1 to 1:1 and/or wherein the mixture comprises 5-30 weight-% of thymol, based on the total weight of the mixture. Preferably, the mixture is shaped as particles by spray chilling. The particles are then used as a feed additive. The feed additive may be a premix.

The present invention relates to use of preferably fully hydrogenated soybean oil for manufacturing a particulate feed additive that is resistant to heat induced caking The mixture of the invention comprises hydrogenated soybean oil and thymol, wherein the weight ratio between hydrogenated soybean oil and thymol is from 10:1 to 1:1 and/or wherein the mixture comprises 5-30 weight-% of thymol, based on the total weight of the mixture. Preferably, the mixture is shaped as particles by spray chilling. The particles are then used as a feed additive. The feed additive may be a premix.

One of problems is to provide a feed composition having both immunostimulatory action and mold toxin adsorbing action. Another one of the problems is to provide a technique for minimizing decomposition of a feed composition made using yeast. Yet another one of the problems is to provide a method of inexpensively manufacturing the above-mentioned feed composition.

The feed composition is obtained by inclusion of nucleic acid having molecular weights ranging from 5,000 to 100,000, a yeast cell wall component/yeast cell wall components, and ligno sulfonic acid. A feed composition may be manufactured by supplying nucleic acid and a yeast cell wall component that are both derived from a raw material, yeast. To supply the nucleic acid and a yeast cell wall component/yeast cell wall components from the yeast, the yeast may be subjected to alkaline treatment to prepare the nucleic acid and enucleated yeast.