Claims
- 1. The method of increasing feed intake in an immature ruminant animal subject comprising administering orally or by implant to said animal subject a quantity effective for increasing feed intake but nontoxic to the subject of a tertiary alcohol having the formula:
- RR'R"CX
- in which:
- R is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons or hydroxy lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons;
- R' is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons, fluoro, bromo or chloro;
- R" is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons, lower alkenyl of from 2-9 carbons.Iadd., lower alkynyl of from 2-9 carbons .Iaddend.and, when R and R' are lower alkyl or hydrogen, .Iadd.R" is .Iaddend.phenyl; and
- X is --OH.
- 2. The method of claim 1 in which R, R' and R" are lower alkyl of from 1-5 carbons.
- 3. The method of claim 1 in which the animal is sheep or cattle.
- 4. The method of claim 2 in which the subject animal is sheep or cattle.
- 5. The method of claim 1 in which the internal administration is orally and admixed with the animal feed.
- 6. The method of claim 5 in which the quantity of tertiary alcohol derivative is from about 10 g.-2 kg. per ton of feed.
- 7. The method of claim 5 in which the quantity of tertiary alcohol derivative is about 50 mg.-10 g. per animal subject.
- 8. A ruminant animal feed composition comprising an animal feed carrier supplemented by a quantity of active ingredient effective for increasing feed intake but nontoxic to the animal, said active ingredient being a tertiary alcohol derivative of the formula:
- RR'R"CX
- in which:
- R is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons or hydroxy lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons;
- R' is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons, fluoro, bromo or chloro;
- R" is lower alkyl of from 1-9 carbons, lower alkenyl of from 2-9 carbons.Iadd., lower alkynyl of from 2-9 carbons .Iaddend.and, when R and R' are lower alkyl or hydrogen R" is phenyl; and
- X is --OH.
- 9. The feed composition of claim 8 in which the said active ingredient is a tertiary alcohol of the formula:
- RR'R"COH
- in which R, R' and R" are lower alkyl of 1-5 carbons.
- 10. The feed composition of claim 1 in which the said composition is a whole feed adapted for fattening immature ruminant animals.
- 11. The feed composition of claim 8 in which the said composition is a premix composition adapted for mixing uniformly throughout a whole animal feed adapted for fattening immature ruminant animals.
- 12. The feed composition of claim 10 in which the active ingredient is present within the range of from about 100 g. to 2 kg. per ton of feed.
- 13. The feed composition of claim 11 in which the active ingredient is present at the rate of about 1-75 percent by weight.
- 14. The feed composition of claim 9 in which the active ingredient is present within the range of from about 100 g. to 2 kg. per ton of feed.
Parent Case Info
.Iadd.This application is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 3,852,473 issued Dec. 3, 1974 from Ser. No. 328,235 filed Jan. 31, 1973. .Iaddend.
US Referenced Citations (3)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Chemical Abstracts, Vol. 64, (1966), 5811. |
Reissues (1)
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