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Baines, D.A.; Faulkes, C.G.; Tomlinson, A.J.; Ning, P.C.Y.K.
United States Patent: Repellent Composition
1989  Patent

A repellent composition e.g. for repelling deer comprises a synthetic blend of components which are characteristic of the acid fraction obtained by a Soxhlet extraction of lion faeces followed by separation into basic, neutral and acid fractions; and felinine. The composition may comprise saturated alkanoic acids with carbon atoms in the range of 3-20; saturated aliphatic alcohols with carbon atoms in the range 14-16; various compounds containing primary or secondary amino groups and having carbon atoms in the range 3-9; a fermented egg product; a bittering agent and an adhesive agent.

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