US 11,992,013 B2
Feral hog toxicant
Glen Gentry, Clinton, LA (US); John Pojman, Baton Rouge, LA (US); and Baylen Thompson, Spanish Fort, AL (US)
Assigned to Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Filed by Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,222.
Application 18/207,222 is a division of application No. 17/000,581, filed on Aug. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,716,993.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,779, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329239 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A01N 59/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 59/00 (2013.01) 6 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising a mixture of:
(a) a food that is acceptable to feral hogs;
(b) sodium nitrite, wherein said sodium nitrite is not microencapsulated; and
(c) a base selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, egg white albumin, and an amine; wherein the concentration of said base imparts a pH between 8 and 11 to said mixture;
wherein said composition is supplied as a bolus or boluses, comprising at least 2.0 gram sodium nitrite per bolus;
wherein the pH of said composition inhibits the decomposition of said sodium nitrite, such that when said composition is placed outdoors in a field or in a bait station under ambient conditions, any decomposition of said sodium nitrite is sufficiently slow that said composition does not become aversive to hogs for at least seven days; and
wherein, for at least seven days, when placed outdoors under ambient conditions, said composition remains acceptable to feral hogs.