| abstract |
An animal feed additive, which comprises a flavanoid containing extract gained from a plant belonging to the Mimosaceae family and furthermore comprises a smell and/or taste masking compound or mixture of such compound, which mask the smell of the flavanoid extract and/or taste, and possibly one ore more carriers for the smell and/or taste masking compound or the mixture hereof, has appeared to be applicable in practice for fighting against and/or prevention of diarrhoea by animals, because the animals with big pleasure and eager voluntarily will eat a feed or a drink, which contains the additive, which is not the case with the feed, that contains the pure Mimosaceae extract, even in very little concentrations. The animal feed additive can thus be utilized instead of the traditional antibiotics, which are used for the above purposes and as growth promoters. |