MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517032072 A) filed by Barlaa B. V., Muiden, Netherlands, on March 31, for 'silicic acid for improving milk production in dairy livestock.'

Inventor(s) include Laane, Henk Maarten; and Van Stee, Cornelis Hendrik Geuvel.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention concerns the field of dairy farming, such as farming of cows, buffaloes, camels, yaks, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys, alpacas, mithun, lamas, zebus, etc. In these fields there is still an unmet need for new modalities that can improve milk production, impro...