Rightholder: HAS Veterinary Medical Research Institute, the protection expired in 1992. Number: 180402
Inventor: László Prohászka DVM, PhD (1924– ) researcher. Graduated as a veterinarian in 1948, than got his doctoral degree in 1949 in the field of obstetrics. In 1974 he became candedate (PhD) (The biological role of carotinoids). He was a private veterinarian then since 1951 he had been a researcher at the Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences until his retirement in 1992.
(Source: Prohászka László dr. tudományos munkássága. Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 1993. 48. 5. 302–303.)
Description:
”A reduced-cost feeding method to reduce the amount of chemical residues in the body of domestic animals by feeding them in the usual way with feed and premix until the last stage of fattening. Then, after having reached 70–80% of slaughter weight until slaughter feeding them with the usual quantity and quality of premix-free feed, possibly supplemented with 0,2–0,5% of weight of salt.
The advantage of the new process is that it allows the production of meat products free of chemical impurities and without adverse health effects, while reducing the cost of feeds.”
(Source: Hungarian Intellectual Property Office IP search database, where the full text of the patent is freely available in Hungarian. http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=EN)
Year: 1981 (date of submission)
Interesting: László Prohászka DVM had several other patents related to feeding:
- Process for producing premix enhancing the effect of antibacterial protective mechanism in intestinal tract of domestic animals and increasing fodder utilization of domestic animals
- Method for producing protein flours of reduced base value
- Process for the preparation of dihydroquinoline derivatives and pharmaceutical preparations, feedingstuffs and feed premixes containing compounds
- Process for production of coxidiostatic compositions with increased effect and therapeutical index, also for increasing the said effect and index
The picture was taken at the 8th Congress of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology (Budapest, 27-29 August 1979). From left to right: dr. Béla Lomniczi, dr. László Prohászka, dr. Mátyás Palyusik.
Courtesy of dr. Béla Lomniczi.
Éva Orbán
