Patents by Inventor Winston M. Hagler, Jr.

Winston M. Hagler, Jr. 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).

  • Method of maintaining ruminants on high energy low fiber diet
    Patent number: 4857534
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of parasympathomimetic compounds, their precursors, salts and metabolites, to alter the digestive process in livestock so as to increase the efficiency of food utilization while simultaneously reducing the risk of certain disorders frequently associated with high energy diets. Specifically, the invention comprises administration to ruminants and other livestock of low level dosages of a parasympathomimetic compound to increase salivation during feeding and rumination, thereby increasing rumen digesta turnover rates and efficiency of food utilization while reducing the risk of certain digestive tract disorders such as acidosis and displaced abomasum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Warren J. Croom, Jr., Winston M. Hagler, Jr.
  • Method of maintaining ruminants on high energy low fiber diet
    Patent number: 4652571
    Abstract: A method of maintaining ruminants on a relatively high energy, low fiber diet comprising the step of administering a controlled dosage of a parasympathomimetic compound, particularly slaframine, to the ruminants at or about the time of feeding, whereby saliva flow and rumen digesta turnover rates are beneficially increased and the risks of certain digestive tract disorders are decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Warren J. Croom, Jr., Winston M. Hagler, Jr.
  • Method of releasing growth hormones
    Patent number: 4647567
    Abstract: A method of promoting the release of growth hormones in an animal comprised of administering a low level dosage of slaframine or a chemical compound which releases the 1-keto-6-aminooctahydroindolizine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Warren J. Croom, Jr., Winston M. Hagler, Jr.