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A method and composition for increasing the quantity and quality of the milk produced by lactating mammal subject to lactation failure or MMA syndrome which frequently occurs after giving birth to off-spring and which comprises orally administering to a lactating mammal, such as a farrowing sow or gilt, a composition comprising a combination of diuretic and cathartic components in proportions which maintain the electrolyte balance so as to avoid dehydration of the mammal while effectively removing excess fluid from mammary tissue via the kidneys and the intestinal tract and which in a preferred form is comprised on a weight basis of 65 percent sodium sulfate, 13 percent magnesium sulfate monohydrate, 12 percent sulfur and 10 percent anhydrous potassium sulfate, and said composition preferably being admixed with a complete feed for the lactating mammal in an amount of at least about 0.5 wt. percent or top-dressed on the feed at a rate of one ounce per day for a mammal such as a lactating sow.

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