	US 12,471,609 B2
	Reducing the risk of viral infection due to viral contaminated feed
Bradley Van Lawrence, St. Charles, MO (US); and Robert Edward Buresh, St. Charles, MO (US)
Assigned to NOVUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed by Novus International, Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,619.
Application 18/161,619 is a continuation of application No. 16/807,970, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,564,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,247, filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165275 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A23K 20/105 (2016.01); A23K 50/30 (2016.01); A61K 31/192 (2006.01); A61P 31/12 (2006.01)

CPC A23K 20/105 (2016.05) [A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A61K 31/192 (2013.01); A61P 31/12 (2018.01)]

11 Claims

1. A method for reducing risk of infection by a virus in an animal in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a feed additive, wherein the feed additive comprises a mixture of organic acids, the animal's feed is or is not contaminated with the virus, and the virus is porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), or Seneca Valley A virus (SVA).