US Patent Issued to Protekta on May 27 for "Composition and method for reducing risk of hypocalcemia in periparturient ruminant animals" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,984, issued on May 27, was assigned to Protekta Inc. (Lucknow, Canada).

"Composition and method for reducing risk of hypocalcemia in periparturient ruminant animals" was invented by Morten Jakobsen (Lucknow, Canada), Lasse Jakobsen (Newport Beach, Calif.), Rod Martin (Brooklyn, Wis.), Meghan Connelly (Rochester, Minn.) and Patrick Hoffman (Spencer, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing risk of periparturient hypocalcemia in a periparturient ruminant animal involves: measuring blood phosphorus concentration in the animal; and, administering a composition containing a phosphorus-binding compound and optionally, a pha...