Milk yield and/or milk quality improving agent, perinatal disease preventive or therapeutic agent, and reproductivity improving agent for ruminant

摘要

An object of the present invention is to improve the milk yield and/or milk quality of a ruminant for milk production, to prevent or treat a perinatal disease of a ruminant, and to improve the reproductivity of a ruminant. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the following is provided. An agent for improving at least one of milk yield and milk quality of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol. An agent for preventing or treating a perinatal disease of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol. An agent for improving reproductivity of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol.

主权项

1. A method of treating a perinatal disease in a ruminant in need thereof, comprising:
administering to said ruminant a therapeutically effective amount of a heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid to treat the perinatal disease in said ruminant, wherein the perinatal disease is selected from the group consisting of hypocalcemia, fatty liver, ketosis, abomasal displacement and combinations thereof, and wherein the heat treated cashew nut shell liquid is heated to a temperature of 130° C. or higher which significantly changes the amount of anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol in the cashew nut shell liquid.