Neats Foot Oil

Scientists involved : Dr.V.V. Kulkarni, Dr. K. Sivakumar and Dr. Robinson J.J. Abraham

Product Technology

Neats Foot Oil is extracted from the feet (last two phalanges) of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats by a process of wet rendering at a pressure level of 15 PSI for 4 hours. Crude oil is purified with normal saline and acetone and filtered

Product Presentation 

Neats foot oil is liquid at room temperature and can be stored in amber coloured glass / plastic containers for better shelf life

Product Utility     

Neats foot oil has a wide range of applications such as in ointment preparation in wound healing, lubricant in delicate machinery, fat liquoring agent in finishing of leather and oil adjuvants in injectable pharmaceutical preparations. The purified and fractioned neats foot oil has a very low solidification point below -10oC, and hence it can be used in specific machinery

For further details contact    

The Professor and Head,
Department of Meat Science and Technology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute,
Namakkal - 637 001