Animal husbandry – Material for absorbing moisture from waste product – Having clay component
Patent
1989-10-18
1995-02-07
Weiss, John G.
Animal husbandry
Material for absorbing moisture from waste product
Having clay component
119171, A01K 1015
Patent
active
053868030
ABSTRACT:
A composition and method of absorbing animal dross. Discrete particles of a composition comprising a combination of bentonite clays, particularly about 1% to about 50% by weight sodium bentonite, and about 50% to abut 99% by weight Fuller's Earth, or calcium bentonite, absorbs animal dross and related liquids, and simultaneously agglomerate into a sufficiently large and stable mass when contacted with the animal dross, and, unexpectedly, the agglomerates readily disperse in water so that the agglomerates can be disposed of in water, such as by being flushed down a toilet, or disposed of through other household plumbing lines without clogging the plumbing lines. The agglomerates can be physically separated and removed from unwetted particles of the composition. Removing the wetted and agglomerated composition particles from the remaining unwetted composition reduces or eliminates offensive odors produced by dross-soaked particles.
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