Appeal No. 1996-2470
Application 08/192,488
application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a ruminant feed composition containing a
specified microorganism, and claim methods for preventing
nitrate intoxication in a ruminant and treating a ruminant
intoxicated by nitrates. Claims 7, 9 and 16 are illustrative
and read as follows:
7. A composition for ingestion by a ruminant, which
comprises; a carrier feed composition containing a nitrite
reducing microorganism selected from the group consisting of
Propionibacterium acidipropionici strain P and a genetic
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equivalent.
9. A method of treating a ruminant intoxicated by
nitrates, which comprises; establishing in the ruminant’s
rumen a population of nitrite reducing microorganisms which
are capable of anaerobic denitrification in said rumen.
16. A method of preventing nitrate intoxication in a
ruminant subject to such intoxication by the ingestion of a
high nitrate feed, which comprises; establishing in the
ruminant’s rumen a population of nitrite reducing
microorganisms which are capable of anaerobic denitrification
in said rumen.
THE REFERENCES
Tomes 4,981,705 Jan. 1,
1991
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