Title:  Pig appeasing pheromones to decrease stress, anxiety and aggressiveness

United States Patent:  6,169,113

Appl. No.:  525763

A composition comprising a mixture of fatty acids such as linoleic, oleic and palmitic acids or derivatives thereof derived from secretions of mammalian mammary glands. This composition can be utilized to decrease stress, anxiety and aggressiveness in mammals.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

In one of the composition aspects, the present invention provides a composition comprising pheromonal secretions obtained from the skin around mammalian mammary glands.

In another composition aspect the present invention provides a basic pheromonal composition comprising palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and derivatives thereof which composition has an appeasing effect in all mammals.

In yet another composition aspect the present invention provides a basic pheromonal composition comprising palmitic acid, oleic acid, palmitoleic acid, linoleic acid and derivatives thereof which composition also has an appeasing effect in all mammals.

In another composition aspect, the present invention provides a composition comprising capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and derivatives thereof in a solution.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising between about 18% to 31.2% (w %/w %) palmitic acid, about 34.3% to 47.2% (w %/w %) linoleic acid, about 28.7% to 42.8% (w %/w %) oleic acid and derivatives thereof.

In yet another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising between about 18% to 31.2% (w %/w %) palmitic acid, about 34.3% to 47.2% (w %/w %) linoleic acid, about 8.7% to 16% palmitoleic acid, about 15.7% to 30.7% (w %/w %) oleic acid and derivatives thereof.

In another preferred embodiment the present invention provides a solution comprising between 0.5% to 3.5% (w %/w %) capric acid, 2.8% to 8.7% (w %/w %) lauric acid, 3.9% to 9.6% (w %/w %) myristic acid, 7.5% to 13.8% (w %/w %) palmitoleic acid, 15.5% to 26.8% (w %/w %) palmitic acid, 29.5% to 40.6% (w %/w %) linoleic acid, 13.5% to 26.4% (w %/w %) oleic acid and derivatives thereof.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process to treat stress in a mammal, said process comprising the step of: administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pheromonal composition comprising secretions derived from the skin around mammalian mammary glands.

In another preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of treating domestic mammals during transportation to eliminate their anxiety, said process comprising the steps of: administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pheromonal composition comprising secretions derived from the skin around mammalian mammary glands.

In yet another preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of treating weight loss in mammals, said process comprising administering to a mammal a need of such treatment a pheromonal composition comprising secretions derived from mammalian mammary glands.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process to reduce mortality and morbidity during infection in a mammal, said process comprising the step of: administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pheromonal composition comprising secretions derived from the skin around mammalian mammary glands.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process to improve feed conversion in a mammal, said process comprising the step of: administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pheromonal composition comprising secretions derived from the skin around mammalian mammary glands.

Claim 1 of 5 Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A process to reduce mortality and morbidity during infection in a mammal, said process comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a solution comprising palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and derivatives thereof as main active ingredients.

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