Patents Assigned to Agri Research and Development
  • Sustained release medicating device for livestock
    Patent number: 4927419
    Abstract: Indwelling sustained release reservoirs for dispensing bloat-controlling agents to the rumens of grazing livestock. A plurality of osmotic dispensing devices with varying release patterns generate by bioerodible deposits on their osmotic membranes. The devices are linked together by bioerodible means so that they may be released and pass from the rumen when their contents are exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Agri Research and Development
    Inventor: Marlan O. Scully