Reduction of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms with sialic acid and gangliosides
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1. An improved food for young mammals comprising a mother'"'"'s milk substitute in the form of an animal feed or infant formula having N-acetylneuraminic acid or a ganglioside present at about 0.005 to about 0.1 percent of the total weight of the improved food.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses mother'"'"'s milk substitutes containing sialic acid or a ganglioside that reduce the number of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms in a young mammal'"'"'s food and gastrointestinal tract. The invention also discloses dietary supplements and methods for reducing the number of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms.
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- 1. An improved food for young mammals comprising a mother'"'"'s milk substitute in the form of an animal feed or infant formula having N-acetylneuraminic acid or a ganglioside present at about 0.005 to about 0.1 percent of the total weight of the improved food.
- 7. A dietary supplement comprising a unit dose of N-acetylneuramine acid or a ganglioside present in an effective amount in a physiologically tolerable excipient.
- 9. A method for reducing the number of gastrointestinal disease-producing organisms comprising substantially homogeneously admixing about 0.005 to about 0.1 percent of the total food weight of N-actylneuraminic acid or a ganglioside to a young mammal'"'"'s food.
- 12. A method for conferring antimicrobial activity on a mother'"'"'s milk substitute in the form of animal feed or infant formula comprising substantially homogeneously admixing N-acetylneuraminic acid or a ganglioside to said mother'"'"'s milk substitute in an amount of about 0.005 to about 0.1 percent of the total weight of the milk substitute.
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