METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FOOD ADDITIVE FOR PET ANIMALS Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: food industry; production of foods for dogs and cats. SUBSTANCE: method involves animal diet supplementation with an additive containing some protein; filler; salts of iron, copper, zinc, manganese, cobalt, iodine, selenium, fluorine; vitamins A, D, E, K, BB₁,, BB₂,, BB₃,, BB₄,, BB₅,, BB₆,, BB₁₂, Bc, C. The additive is added to the main diet twice a day. The doses are 0.4-0.5 g/kg liveweight for adult animals and 0.6-0.7 g/kg liveweight for breeding males, growing animals, pregnant animals, sick animals, and suckers. The additive enhances growth of puppies and kittens by 14-19%, enhances the femoral bone breaking strength by 22%, raises the content of iodine in blood 1.6-1.9 times, raises the conception rate by 20%, reduces the rate of abortion by 15-20% and occurrence of dead puppies or kittens in the litter by 30-45%, prevents many disorders of metabolism, and makes it possible to save meat and milk. EFFECT: more intensive animal growth; enhanced animal health. 4 tbl