Abstract: An agent for improving a feed conversion rate, an agent for improving a survival rate, an agent for improving the number of eggs laid by an egg-laying hen, a method of giving these agents to animals, and a feed which can directly and significantly improve the productivity of livestock farms are provided. At least one effective ingredient selected from cysteine and cysteine derivatives is given to animals. The effective ingredient may be added to drinking water, or may be added to the feed. Examples of the cysteine and cysteine derivatives can include acetylcysteine (NAC), S-methyl-L-cysteine (SMC), cysteine malate, and acetylcysteine amide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for increasing the health of aquatic animals comprising one or more selected bacterial strains.

Abstract: Described is a multi-dosage array of tablets comprising one or more active substances, the tablets being coated and void of tablet portioning means so as to avoid contact of the tablet constituents upon handling by a user for the provision of a plurality of different dosages of the one or more active substances to a plurality of patients of different weight who are in need of the said one or more active substances, the dosage being dependent on the weight of the respective patient, the array of tablets comprising three or more tablet groups, each tablet group consisting of identical tablets having unique identification means and a unique dosage of the one or more active substances, the said tablets differing from tablets of another group of the array in at least the dosage of the said two or more active substances and in the identification means.

Abstract: The invention relates to oral administration of biological actives, in particular of insulin, comprising the use of a cross-linked starchy material as a delivery system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising bacteria to increase the intestinal production of butyric acid, folic acid or niacin and/or to decrease the intestinal production of succinic acid. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of said composition for the treatment and/or prevention of an intestinal butyrate- and/or succinate-dependent pathological condition. In particular, for the treatment and/or the prevention of intestinal inflammation, diarrhoea, ulcerative colitis or intestinal colopathies.

Abstract: Mycotoxin-deactivating aptamers, especially DNA aptamers, bind to mycotoxins in feed and feed ingredients resulting in the reduction or elimination of toxic and carcinogenic effects of mycotoxins. The invention also discloses a composition comprising a mycotoxin-deactivating aptamer, a binding agent, a biotransforming agent and an antioxidant for detoxifying mycotoxins in feeds. In addition, the invention teaches the methods of preparing the mycotoxin-deactivating aptamer-based composition and also the methods of using it as a feed additive. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the mycotoxin-deactivator/s alone, or in a composition comprising the aptamers and other mycotoxin-detoxifying agents, in feeds and feed ingredients for detoxifying the major mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, fumonisins and ochratoxin A.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for extending life expectancy are described herein. Specifically, ambroxol, ambroxol hydrochloride, and/or bromhexine can be used in a method for (a) treating, inhibiting, or reducing aging of a subject, (b) treating, inhibiting, or reducing an age-related symptom or an age-related disease in a subject, and/or (c) increasing the healthspan, lifespan, and/or mental acuity of a subject.

Abstract: A method for minimising or preventing the induction of stress-related or stress-induced inappetance or inanition in an animal selected for a marketing or management practice.

Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity, animal feed additives comprising said polypeptides improving the nutritional value of an animal feed by adding the protease, invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.

Abstract: A soft chewable pharmaceutical product for delivery of a pharmaceutically acceptable active ingredient to an animal comprising pamoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and a process for the manufacture of such soft chewable pharmaceutical product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a flavour composition comprising providing a slurry of yeast cell walls and contacting the slurry of yeast cell walls with a glucanase and with an endoprotease, followed by separating a liquid fraction by solid/liquid separation to provide the liquid flavour composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to palatable veterinary compositions made from one or more pharmaceutical active ingredients having a smell and/or a taste that is repulsive to animals, and a preparation method for preparing oral veterinary compositions. Various aspects of the present invention are related to preparing palatable veterinary compositions that comprises mixing one or more pharmaceutical active ingredients having a smell with one or more palatabilizing agents.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of semi-plastic pharmaceutical unit doses using a rotary moulding machine and semi-plastic pharmaceutical dosage units obtained by this process.

Abstract: A premix is disclosed. The premix includes a nitrate compound and salts thereof in the amount of greater than about 50% by weight of the premix. The premix also includes vitamins and trace minerals. The premix is formulated for use in at least one of a gestation or lactation phase of an animal and in an amount of less than about five percent by weight (5.0 wt %) inclusion per metric ton of the premix. A supplement for an animal feed for feeding during at least one of an animal's gestation phase and/or lactation phase is also disclosed. A method for feeding an animal is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising polysaccharide particles with an average size of about 0.1-10 mm. These particles comprise at least (i) about 50%-90% by weight water or an aqueous solution, and (ii) about 10%-50% by weight insoluble alpha-glucan, or an insoluble cationic ether thereof, comprising alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages and having a weight-average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least about 100. Further disclosed are methods of preparing these compositions, as well as systems for storing and/or moving them.

Abstract: The present application provides: a microbial material for agricultural use characterized by containing, as an active ingredient, Bacillus subtilis C-3102 strain (FERM BP-1096) that is capable of promoting the growth of crops and/or increasing the yield of crops, or a variant thereof that has an ability equivalent thereto; and a method for cultivating crops characterized by comprising cultivating the crops using a soil or medium that contains the microbial material.

Abstract: Fenestrated tissue grafts and acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) for use, for example, in breast reconstruction, are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the improved tissue grafts are used in two-stage tissue expander breast reconstruction. Disclosed embodiments include altered ADMs and other tissue grafts, which comprise strategically placed fenestrations, and methods of making the same. The addition of specific patterns of fenestrations in the graft improve the breast reconstructive experience by increasing intra-operative fill volume and decreasing time to full expansion; such alterations to the graft may also increase cosmetic outcomes and patient comfort. In some embodiments, particular lengths, shapes, and measurements of overlap are used in the fenestration pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are veterinary compositions including imidacloprid or an analogue thereof; a pyrethroid; a solvent selected from the group consisting of N-methyl pyrrolidone, N-ethyl pyrrolidone and mixtures thereof; and dimethyl sulfoxide. The veterinary compositions of the invention are useful in methods of controlling parasites on or within warm-blooded domesticated animals.

Abstract: A complicated enzyme system and microorganisms are used for acting on straws and food industrial residues to convert the straws and the food industrial residues into glucose and part of oligosaccharide, amino acids, small peptides, inositol and nucleic acids and to supply mineral substances, trace elements and nutritional substances such as vitamins in the straws and the food industrial residues to monogastric animals for use. Through adding of Chinese herbal medicines, the digestion function of a monogastric animal may be enhanced, and the immune function of the monogastric animal may be enhanced, thereby reducing occurrence of diseases. In addition, the complicated enzyme system supplements exogenous enzymes in a digestive tract of the monogastric animal to reduce protein and phytic acid residues in excrements, reduce odor and improve the environment of a hog house, thereby obviously reducing drug and treatment costs.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms—including novel strains of the microorganisms—microbial ensembles, and compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial ensembles, and compositions comprising the same, in methods for modulating the production of poultry, disease resistance, and egg yield. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing feed efficiency, and methods of preventing colonization of pathogenic microbes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for solubilizing arabinoxylan-containing material (particularly insoluble arabinoxylan-containing material), comprising admixing a xylan-containing material with a xylanase comprising a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15, or a variant, homolog, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 10 or SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15; or a polypeptide sequence which comprises SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15 with a conservative substitution of at least one of the amino acids; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No.

Abstract: This invention relates to oral veterinary compositions for combating ectoparasites and endoparasites in animals, comprising at least one systemically-acting active agent in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides for improved methods for eradicating, controlling, and preventing parasite infections and infestations in an animal comprising administering the compositions of the invention to the animal in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising polysaccharide particles with an average size of about 0.1-10 mm. These particles comprise at least (i) about 50%-90% by weight water or an aqueous solution, and (ii) about 10%-50% by weight insoluble alpha-glucan, or an insoluble cationic ether thereof, comprising alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages and having a weight-average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least about 100. Further disclosed are methods of preparing these compositions, as well as systems for storing and/or moving them.

Abstract: Compositions containing one or more compounds with inhibitory effect on a 5-HT3a and/or NK-1 receptor are effective for preventing or treating idiopathic vomiting in a mammal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tablets for animals, having improved acceptance and good storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substance or method for preventing or treating mastitis in ruminant animals, particularly in dairy cows. Specifically provided are: a preventive or therapeutic agent, a feed additive, a feed, and a pharmaceutical composition for ruminant animal mastitis, characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a Bacillus genus bacterium having the property of being capable of increasing or maintaining CD11c+ CD172a+ blood dendritic cell gate 2 in cows.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a disease or condition characterized by inflammation in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a Pediococcus acidilactici probiotic. Compositions of Pediococcus acidilactici probiotic are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hairball formation in animals, particularly for treating and/or preventing hairball formation, elimination, and/or discharge by companion animals, including cats and dogs, by limitation of dietary minerals. The methods comprise feeding the animals in need of such treatment compositions comprising from 0.60% to 0.74% calcium by dry weight of the composition; from 0.50% to 0.69% phosphorous by dry weight of the composition; and from 0.06% to 0.28% sodium by dry weight of the composition, in an amount and for a time sufficient for treatment and/or prevention of hairball formation in the animal.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide sugar alcohol to heat stressed ruminants to improve performance. During periods of high temperature or humidity, heat stressed ruminants may exhibit decreased dry matter intake, and in response, an effective amount of sugar alcohol such as sorbitol may be provided in the ruminant diet to cause performance to increase, which may include increased milk yield, improved feed efficiency or both compared to heat stressed dairy cattle without sugar alcohol in the diet.

Abstract: A pet hydration system comprising of specific ranges of vitamins and minerals conducive to a pet's health, with such nutrients placed into a liquid beverage and ultimately dispensed via a compartmentalized beverage dispenser. The compartmentalized beverage dispenser is formed such that separate liquids are measured out and dispensed to the pet in a manner that the pet receives the optimal amount of nutrition.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to methods and compositions for uniquely marking individual urine samples to be identifiable to a particular subject either individually or from among a group of subjects.

Abstract: Nutritional supplement, feed formulation and methods to improve the efficiency of meat production of a bovine animal, using ethyl ferulate as a nutritional supplement; where the administration of ethyl ferulate at bovine animal, is premixed with an excipient food grade, feed formulation, balanced food, concentrated food, and the like. The ethyl ferulate administration is daily during the final stage of fattening bovine animal, wherein the final stage of fattening is 20 to 40 last days.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming stabilized metal salt particles.

Abstract: Low levels of resistant potato starch, for example, 0.5-1.0% of total diet, have a beneficial effect on post-weaning diarrhea, infectious diarrhea and gastrointestinal stresses associated with weaning. Also described are capsules and tablets of resistant potato starch, and methods for making said capsules and tablets.

Abstract: Composite biomaterials are described, which can be implanted in the human body in various branches of surgery or on the skin in dermocosmetic surgery, which can be formed as membranes or felts and which have properties of rate of absorption in the body and of hydrophilicity that can be modulated.

Abstract: A product having an internal substance protected by a rugged exterior shell is disclosed. The internal substance is reactive with the exterior shell but is separated therefrom by a coating on an interior surface of the external shell so that the product can be stored for a long period of time without the internal substance reacting with the exterior shell. The coating is meltable so that, when desired, the product may be heated (e.g. immersed in hot water or exposed to heat) in order to melt the coating so that the internal substance can react with the external shell so that the internal substance can excrete out of the exterior shell.

Abstract: Compositions comprising thermo-modified nutshells, for example hazelnut shells, are described herein. The compositions can also comprise one or more feed additives, pharmaceutically acceptable diluents and/or excipients. Also included are methods for producing the thermo-modified nutshell compositions, and methods for using the compositions to treat diarrhea and adsorb toxins as well as promote growth and improve the overall health in humans and other animals.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one bacterial amylase in feed for ruminant animals of the subfamily Bovinae in particular for improving milk yield, apparent digestibility of the diet fed, feedstuff dry matter disappearance, weight gain, and/or Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR). Examples of bovine animals are dairy cows and beef cattle. The invention also relates to the use of such amylases in feed and feed additives such as premix, concentrates and total mixed ration (TMR). The amylase may be used in combination with cellulase for improving milk yield and/or back fat thickness. Preferred amylases are derived from Bacillus halmapalus, licheniformis, and stearothermophilus and are preferably homologous to Bacillus stearothermophilus amylase.

Abstract: The invention provides small enzyme-containing granules having an inorganic salt core and an enzyme-containing layer coated over the core, and methods for producing such granules. The majority of the enzyme granules are less than 300 ?m in diameter. The granules are suitable for incorporation into compositions such as cleaning, textile processing, and animal feed compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is related to feed granules comprising a feed enzyme and a copper ion donor.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a composition comprising a serine as an active ingredient for treating or preventing fatty liver diseases. The inventive compound significantly inhibits the SREBP-1 transcription activity involved in lipid synthesis and reduced the fatty liver formation through various in vitro test and in vivo test therefore it can be useful in the prevention and treatment of the fatty liver diseases as a medicament or health functional food.

Abstract: The present invention relates to variant phytase enzymes and their use thereof.

Abstract: A braided, rather than woven, three-dimensional matrix has been developed to provide mechanical support in breast reconstruction or a mastopexy procedure. The braided three-dimensional matrix may be used to assist in hernia repair procedures. The matrix is a supple, strong, and flexible material, that can increase 50% to 100% in size when stretched along the vertical plane, but only extends by about 10% to 20% in length when stretched along the horizontal plane. Although the matrix is degradable, it provides sufficient mechanical and structural support for six to twelve months following implantation to allow for repair or growth of the breast tissue or the abdominal wall. The matrix is formed of three-dimensional braided multifilament polymeric fibers plied to create yarn bundles, and wherein the matrix comprises an inter-connected, open pore structure that enables even and random distribution and in-growth of cells.

Abstract: A method of improving the health of a first group of young monogastric mammals, the first group of young monogastric mammals nursing from a first lactating monogastric mammal during a pre-weaning period, the method including feeding the first lactating monogastric mammal an effective amount of an animal feed during the pre-weaning period, and feeding the first lactating monogastric mammal an effective amount of sugar alcohol during the pre-weaning period.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the plant growth regulation of and/or enhancing crop plants, by applying to the plants a mixture of a plant growth regulator, and seaweed extract, and to a composition comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a veterinary anthelmintic composition that includes: at least 10% w/v of a benzimidazole anthlemintic; and b) a water-immiscible solvent system, which comprises a lactone solvent, an essential oil, and surfactant.

Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (I) or a 3-enol C1-4 alkanoate ester thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the intermittent treatment of a condition of a human or non-human mammal in which said mammal has an abnormally high serum concentration of an adrenal hormone: Wherein R1, R2, R5, and R6 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C1 to 4? alkyl; R3 is hydrogen C1 to 4? alkyl, C1 to 4? alkenyl or C1 to 4? alkynyl; R4 is hydroxy, C1 to 4? alkanoyloxy, a group of formula (II) or (III) Wherein R7 is (CH2)n, where n is an integer of from 0 to 4, R8 is hydrogen, C1 to 4? alkyl, hydroxy or NH2 and R9 and R10 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C1 to 4? Alkyl; or R3 and R4 together are oxo, ethylenedioxy or propylenedioxy. The invention has practical benefits for the treatment of man and other animals with diseases associated with abnormal production of adrenal steroids.

Abstract: This invention relates to veterinary compositions for treating and/or preventing fleas or ticks infection or infestation in an animal comprising an isoxazoline active agent of Formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions that are useful in producing, feeding and growing animals. Compositions of the present invention comprise an extracted mineral element composition as disclosed herein. Animal lifespan and production is improved when provided with compositions comprising an extracted mineral element composition.

Abstract: Compositions (including pharmaceutical compositions, foods, supplements, toys and treats) comprising a microbial exopolysaccharide are provided as well as methods for preventing or reducing diarrhea in a mammal wherein the method comprises administering a therapeutically amount of a microbial exopolysaccharide to a mammal in need thereof.