In ovo use of L-arginine and salts thereof in the prevention and/or treatment of pulmonary hypertension syndrome in avians

Inventors

Robert F. Wideman Jr., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Walter G. Bottje, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

10-3-2000

Abstract

Describes a method of treating an avian egg, including the step of administering a sufficient amount of an L-arginine compound to prevent pulmonary hypertension syndrome in an avian to be hatched from the egg.

Department

Poultry Science

Patent Number

US6127421

Application Filed

1-31-1997

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

Comments

Robert F. Wideman, Jr., Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Walter G. Bottje, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Citation

Wideman, R. F., & Bottje, W. G. (2000). In ovo use of L-arginine and salts thereof in the prevention and/or treatment of pulmonary hypertension syndrome in avians. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/178