Feed Mitigant Composition for Swine Virus Inactivation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods fail to effectively reduce the risk of viral infections in swine through contaminated feed, as they require storage and can degrade feed components, and do not provide immediate mitigation against swine viruses like PEDV, PRRSV, and SVA.
Innovation Solution
A feed mitigant composition comprising essential oils and dietary fiber components, such as larch arabinogalactan, is applied to contaminated feed, inactivating viruses and enhancing swine immunity, thereby reducing viral load and infection risk without degrading feed components or requiring storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional viral inactivation methods are applied to swine feed, then viral infection risk is reduced, but feed components degrade and storage is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the feed by incorporating essential oils (such as thyme, oregano, cinnamon) and dietary fibers (such as larch arabinogalactan) that create a hostile chemical environment for viruses without degrading feed nutrients. This chemical parameter modification inactivates viruses like PEDV and PRRSV while preserving feed quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces essential oils and dietary fibers as intermediary substances that mediate between the feed and viruses. These intermediaries disrupt viral envelopes and inhibit viral replication without directly contacting or degrading the feed components, thus resolving the contradiction between viral inactivation and feed preservation.
2Reliability
If conventional viral inactivation methods are applied to swine feed, then viral infection risk is reduced, but immediate mitigation is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies essential oils and dietary fibers to the feed in advance, creating a pre-established protective environment that immediately inactivates viruses upon contact. This preliminary action ensures that when swine consume the feed, the viruses are already neutralized, providing immediate mitigation without requiring additional time or storage.
3Quantity of substance
If conventional viral inactivation methods are applied to swine feed, then viral load is reduced, but additional processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of viral inactivation and feed formulation by incorporating essential oils and dietary fibers directly into the feed composition. This combination eliminates the need for separate viral inactivation processing steps, as the feed itself becomes the vehicle for delivering antiviral agents, thereby reducing processing complexity while maintaining viral load reduction.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The feed mitigant composition effectively inactivates swine viruses, enhances immune responses, and reduces infection risk, leading to improved swine health and performance by eliminating the need for storage and preserving feed quality.
Implementation Method 1
The feed mitigant composition is effective to inactivate at least a portion of the at least one swine virus
Implementation Method 2
The feed mitigant composition includes at least one of an essential oil composition and a dietary fiber component
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AI summary
Embodiments include a feed mitigant composition including an essential oil composition and a larch arabinogalactan component. Embodiments include a method of administering the feed mitigant composition including applying a feed mitigant composition to a contaminated feed to form a feed mixture, wherein the feed mitigant composition includes an essential oil composition and a larch arabinogalactan component and wherein the contaminated feed includes feed contaminated with at least one swine virus; and administering the feed mixture to swine, wherein the feed mitigant composition is effective to mitigate transmission of the at least one swine virus from the contaminated feed to the swine.