USE OF CALCIUM SALT containing emulsions FOR PRODUCTION OF ORAL MEANS FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF CALCIUM DEFICIENCY IN ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN milk fever

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DK90/00055 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 25, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 25, 1991 PCT Filed Feb. 27, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/09797 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 1990.A calcium ion containing composition comprising a water in oil emulsion having a dispersed aqueous phase and a continuous oil phase, which composition is orally administerable and palatable to cows without causing lesions of the stomach and which composition is effective in preventing milk fever, said composition further comprising a calcium salt which is dissolved in the aqueous phase to form a calcium ion containing aqueous phase solution, the calcium in the composition, calculated as free calcium ion, comprising 10 to 20 percent by weight of the composition, said composition further including from 0.5 to 10 percent oil soluble non-ionic emulsifier. The invention also includes the method of orally administering the composition to cows to treat milk fever.