IMPROVED DOSAGE FORM AND PROCESS

摘要

A chewable dosage form is disclosed for the delivery of a variety of veterinary medicines to animals. The dosage form is particularly suited to the provisions o medicines which are heat and pH sensitive. This is achieved by utilising the gelatinisation of a functional protein, such as vital wheat gluten, to incorporate the medicine. Such gelatinisation occurs under relatively mild conditions of temperature, pressure and pH. A process to prepare the dosage forms is also disclosed in which the key processing steps are conducted in the temperature range of 3O °C up to a maximum of 7O °C and at a pH in the range of about 5.0 - 7.5.