Composition for administering vitamins a, d, and e

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION ADMINISTRATION OF FATSOLUBLE VITAMINS OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF VITAMINS A, D, AND E TO ANIMALS FOR RAPID UTILIZATION THEREBY, COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-FREE, UNIFORMLY ADMIXED, SEMI-SOLID MIXTURE CONTAINING VITAMIN A SOURCE MATERIAL TO PROVIDE UP TO APPROXIMATELY 1,250,000 I.U. OF VITAMIN A ACTIVITY PER GRAM OF COMPOSITION, CO-PRESENT HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE FAT IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO MAKE A TOTAL WITH THE VITAMIN A SOURCE MATERIAL OF APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL COMPOSITION, UP TO ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF OTHER FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMIN MATERIAL CONTAINING VITAMINS OF SAID CLASS, A WATER-SOLUBLE POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MIXTURE IN AN AMOUNT WHICH FORMS A CLEAR, SINGLE-PHASE MIXTURE WITH THE VITAMINS AND FAT WHEN MELTED THEREWITH AND INCLUDING NORMALLY SOLID POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COMPOSITION TO THICKEN THE SAME WHEN COOLED TO ROOM TEMPERATURE, A MINOR PROPORTION OF EMULSIFYING AGENT, A MINOR PROPORTION OF ANTI-OXIDANT FOR THE VITAMIN A, AND A MINOR PROPORTION OF BENZYL ALCOHOL AS A PRESERVATIVE.