US Patent Issued to Novus International on May 27 for "Reducing the risk of viral infection due to viral contaminated feed" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,386, issued on May 27, was assigned to Novus International Inc. (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Reducing the risk of viral infection due to viral contaminated feed" was invented by Bradley Van Lawrence (St. Charles, Mo.) and Robert Edward Buresh (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for reducing the risk of viral infection in animals due to consumption of viral contaminated feed. The methods comprise administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a feed additive, wherein the feed additive comprises a mixture of organic acids. The methods can be used to reduce the risk of infection in animals whose feed may...