Methods of preventing the transmission of communicable diseases in livestock

• US 9,295,623 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2012
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EQ AG Solutions
• Original Assignee: EQ AG Solutions
• Inventors: Curry, Patrick J., Diehl, Franklin Irven
• Primary Examiner(s): ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE
• Application Number:
  US13/573,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20130081576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• Field of Search: 119/651, 119/652, 119/650, 424/405, 510/389
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/003 Devices for applying insecticides or medication A01K27/007 takes precedence; for veterinary purposes A61D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 41/02 containing a sulfur-to-oxygen double bond
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 41/04 Sulfonic acids; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 59/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/463 containing sulfuric acid derivatives, e.g. sodium lauryl sulfate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/466 containing sulfonic acid derivatives; Salts
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/10 Washing or bathing preparations
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/48 Medical, disinfecting agents, disinfecting, antibacterial, germicidal or antimicrobial compositions

Abstract

A composition that includes ethylhexyl sulfate or a salt thereof, an alkylbenzenesulfonic acid or a salt thereof, and a carrier. The composition can be used for killing or inhibiting a microorganism or pathogen (e.g., bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, enteric bacteria, virus, fungus, mold, mildew or powdery mildew), located on a topical surface of an animal, located on a surface of an object that will contact a topical surface of an animal, or a combination thereof, wherein the microorganism or pathogen is associated with the transmission of communicable diseases.

Claims

1. A method of washing a topical skin surface of an animal, the method comprising contacting the surface with an effective amount of a composition comprising:

(a) ethylhexyl sulfate of the formula

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof, and the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof, are present in a weight ratio of about at least about 1:

1, such that based upon a weight basis, the amount of ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof is at least equal to that of the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof, and the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof, are present in a weight ratio of at least about 1:

2, such that based upon a weight basis, the amount of ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof is at least about half that of the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof, and the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof, are present in a weight ratio of about 1:

2 to about 2;

1, such that based upon a weight basis, the amount of ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof is from at about half to about twice that of the alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or salt thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein n has an average value of about 9 to about 11.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises at least one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises at least one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, and wherein the sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or combination thereof is present in ratio of less than about 1:

4, relative to the ethylhexyl sulfate, or salt thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises water.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is livestock.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is a bovine, swine, or fowl.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is a gel, lotion, cream, solution, ointment, suspension or paste.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the topical skin surface is a hand, leg, or facial surface of the animal.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is a mammal.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is a fowl or poultry.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is livestock, commonly used for food, milk, hides for leather, feathers for products, or bone or bone meal for feed.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is applied by spraying, rolling, dipping or brushing.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition optionally comprises a disinfectant selected from the group consisting of chlorine gas (Cl₂), ozone (O₃), lactic acid, ultraviolet light, peroxides, peracetic acid, potassium sorbate, and combinations thereof.

18. A method of washing a surface that contacts a topical skin surface of an animal, the method comprising contacting the surface with an effective amount of a composition comprising:

(a) ethylhexyl sulfate of the formula

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the surface that contacts a topical skin surface of an animal is bedding material, an animal stall, an animal living area, an animal transportation area, an animal eating area, a surface of a device that is used to contain, corral or direct the animal into a specific area, or a surface of a device that is used to prevent its free movement.