Patents by Inventor Stanley P. Kukanich

Stanley P. Kukanich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods for alleviating chronic pain and improving performance of cattle undergoing dehorning or castration
    Patent number: 8791105
    Abstract: Methods of improving performance, increasing weight gain, and decreasing incidence of disease in ruminant and pre-ruminant animals, such as cattle, after undergoing painful processing procedures, such as castration and dehorning, are provided. Veterinary formulations for use in methods of the invention are also provided. The formulations comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of meloxicam, gabapentin, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof. Methods of treating pathological pain in cattle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Johann F. Coetzee, Stanley P. Kukanich
  • METHODS FOR ALLEVIATING CHRONIC PAIN AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF CATTLE UNDERGOING DEHORNING OR CASTRATION
    Publication number: 20130123245
    Abstract: Methods of improving performance, increasing weight gain, and decreasing incidence of disease in ruminant and pre-ruminant animals, such as cattle, after undergoing painful processing procedures, such as castration and dehorning, are provided. Veterinary formulations for use in methods of the invention are also provided. The formulations comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of meloxicam, gabapentin, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof. Methods of treating pathological pain in cattle are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Johann F. Coetzee, Stanley P. Kukanich