High Concentration Trace Element Solution for Livestock
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trace element solutions for livestock have low mineral concentrations, leading to large quantities needing to be injected, causing tissue damage and abscesses, and often require separate injections for different trace elements, with cumbersome preparation processes and challenges in producing high concentration mixtures.
Innovation Solution
A trace element solution comprising selenium, copper, zinc, manganese, and chromium, in the form of EDTA complexes, combined with vitamins, vaccines, growth stimulants, dewormers, antibiotics, and synchronization preparations, prepared through a continuous batch process to achieve a concentration of 20-60 mg/ml, allowing for a single injectable or drenchable solution that includes iodine and iron, with a pH adjustment and preservative, to provide a tissue-friendly and efficient delivery of essential minerals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If low concentration trace element solutions are used, then the solution is easier to prepare and inject, but larger quantities must be injected causing tissue damage and abscesses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the concentration parameter of the trace element solution from conventional low levels (typically 1-10 mg/ml) to high levels (20-60 mg/ml). This is achieved through optimized formulation techniques that allow stable mixing of multiple trace elements at elevated concentrations without precipitation or instability, thereby reducing injection volume and minimizing tissue damage while maintaining ease of administration
2Manufacturing precision
If separate injectable solutions for different trace elements are provided, then each element can be optimized individually, but multiple injections are required increasing complexity and time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual trace element solutions into a single multi-element formulation. By using compatible chelating agents and buffering systems, the patent successfully merges zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, and other trace elements into one stable solution that maintains the optimal concentration and chemical form of each element, eliminating the need for multiple separate injections
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal trace element solution that can serve multiple nutritional needs simultaneously. This single formulation provides comprehensive trace element supplementation for livestock, replacing multiple specialized solutions and enabling one injection to fulfill multiple nutritional requirements
3Quantity of substance
If high concentration mixtures are needed, then less volume needs to be injected, but mixing is always accompanied by dilution making it impossible to deliver high concentrations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-formulating stable stock solutions of individual trace elements at high concentrations before final mixing. Each trace element is pre-chelated and stabilized in advance, allowing the final mixture to maintain high concentrations without dilution. This pre-preparation enables the final formulation to achieve 20-60 mg/ml concentrations that would otherwise be impossible through direct mixing
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a concentrated, efficient, and tissue-friendly delivery of essential minerals, reducing the need for multiple injections and simplifying the preparation process, while ensuring effective absorption and utilization by livestock, thereby improving trace mineral status and minimizing tissue damage.
Implementation Method 1
Different chemical compounds and complexes have been investigated for applying the trace elements by way of feed supplements, licks, drenches or injections. ZA 1982/6778 (Laurie) discloses a trace element solution and a method of providing the trace elements to livestock. This trace element solution includes ethylene diamino tetra acetic acid complexes of the required mineral
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AI summary
The invention discloses a trace element solution, which comprises at least one metal selected from the group comprising selenium, copper, zinc, manganese and chromium; and at least one component selected from the group comprising a vitamin, a vaccine, a growth stimulant, a dewormer, iron dextran, an antibiotic and a synchronization preparation. The synchronization preparation is a combination of injectable hormonal preparations, inplantable hormonal preparations, intravaginal hormonal preparation and other slow release hormonal preparation. The antibiotics include oral, injectable and implantable theurapeutic remedies. The vaccine includes antigens and a combination of antigens and adjuvents. The growth stimulants include zeranol, estradiol, testosterone, progesterone and trenbolone acetate. The dewormer includes macrocydic lactones, leramizoles, benzimidazoles and salicylanilides. The macrocydic lactones include doramectin, ivermectin, abamectin and moxidectin.