ANTIMICROBIAL CLAY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING
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1. A method for controlling microbes, the method comprising contacting the microbes with an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined clay.
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Abstract
The present invention provides antimicrobial feed supplement compositions comprising clay, and methods of treating microbial infections in an animal using the antimicrobial compositions.
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61 Claims
- 1. A method for controlling microbes, the method comprising contacting the microbes with an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined clay.
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19. The method of claim 19, wherein the antimicrobial clay is formulated in a feed composition for oral administration to the animal.
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20. The method of claim 20, wherein the amount of antimicrobial clay in a feed composition ranges from about 0.1% to about 0.5% of the feed composition.
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33. A method for treating a microbial infection in an animal, the method comprising administering a feed composition to the animal, wherein the composition comprises an antimicrobial effective amount of a mined antimicrobial clay, and wherein the clay is mined in the Crater Lake region of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
- 34. The method of claim 34, wherein the amount of antimicrobial clay in a feed composition ranges from about 0.1% to about 0.5%.
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37. A method of improving growth performance of an animal, the method comprising orally administering a feed composition to the animal, wherein the composition comprises an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, and wherein the clay is mined in the Crater Lake region of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
- 38. The method of claim 38, wherein the amount of antimicrobial clay in the feed composition ranges from about 0.1% to about 0.5%.
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40. A method of controlling pathogenic microbes in an animal'"'"'s environment, the method comprising contacting the animal'"'"'s environment with an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined in the Crater Lake region of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
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41. A method for controlling bacteria during fermentation, the method comprising contacting a fermentation mixture with an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined in the Crater Lake region of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
- 42. An antimicrobial feed composition comprising an antimicrobial effective amount of an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined clay.
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51. A method of treating a microbial infection in an animal, the method comprising:
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a. providing an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined clay; b. combining an antimicrobial effective amount of the antimicrobial clay with an animal feed composition to prepare an antimicrobial feed composition; and c. feeding the antimicrobial feed composition to the animal to treat the microbial infection. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 61)
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56. A method of improving growth performance of an animal, the method comprising:
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a. providing an antimicrobial clay, wherein the clay is mined clay; b. combining an antimicrobial effective amount of the antimicrobial clay with an animal feed composition to prepare an antimicrobial feed composition; and c. feeding the antimicrobial feed composition to the animal to improve growth performance of the animal. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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