Patents Assigned to Nutrition Sciences NV
  • Feed supplement comprising oligosaccharides and medium chain fatty acids
    Patent number: 9808476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed supplement and a feed containing this feed supplement, comprising 1) a homotrimer, heterotrimer, homotetramer and/or heterotetramer of a carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a pentose saccharide, a hexose saccharide, glucuronic and galacturonic acid, and 2) a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), selected from the group consisting of caproic acid (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10) and lauric acid (C12). The invention also refers to the use of the feed supplement or feed in order to improve the efficiency of animal production, such as weight gain, feed conversion, nutritive value, health and wellbeing through the selective elimination of enteropathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NUTRITION SCIENCES NV/SA
    Inventors: Geert Bruggeman, Katrien Deschepper
  • Feed supplement comprising oligosaccharides and medium chain fatty acids
    Patent number: 9271517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed supplement and a feed containing this feed supplement, comprising 1) a homotrimer, heterotrimer, homotetramer and/or heterotetramer of a carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a pentose saccharide, a hexose saccharide, glucuronic and galacturonic acid, and 2) a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), selected from the group consisting of caproic acid (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10) and lauric acid (C12). The invention also refers to the use of the feed supplement or feed in order to improve the efficiency of animal production, such as weight gain, feed conversion, nutritive value, health and wellbeing through the selective elimination of enteropathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NUTRITION SCIENCES NV/SA
    Inventors: Geert Bruggeman, Katrien Deschepper
  • Medium chain fatty acids applicable as anti-microbial agents
    Patent number: 8962683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of medium chain fatty acids (MCFA), chosen from the group consisting of caproic acid (C6), caprylic acid (C8) and capric acid (C10), salts, derivatives or mixtures thereof, in a total amount by weight comprised between 0.01% and 5% for inhibiting the growth of microbial pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nutrition Sciences NV
    Inventor: Geert Bruggeman
  • FEED SUPPLEMENT COMPRISING OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACIDS
    Publication number: 20130028869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed supplement and a feed containing this feed supplement, comprising 1) a homotrimer, heterotrimer, homotetramer and/or heterotetramer of a carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a pentose saccharide, a hexose saccharide, glucuronic and galacturonic acid, and 2) a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), selected from the group consisting of caproic acid (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10) and lauric acid (C12). The invention also refers to the use of the feed supplement or feed in order to improve the efficiency of animal production, such as weight gain, feed conversion, nutritive value, health and wellbeing through the selective elimination of enteropathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: NUTRITION SCIENCES NV/SA
    Inventors: Geert Bruggeman, Katrien Deschepper