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The aim of the study was the evaluation of properties of variously composed composite materials based on
polyurethane filled with tea tree oil (TTO) and addition of other ingredients. The tea tree oil/cyclodextrin inclusion
complex was prepared by using the ‘Paste method’ described in Shrestha, M and others. (2017) (Shrestha et al. 2017). To
analyse the properties of composite materials following testing methods were conducted: density, tensile strength,
compression test, impact resistance. In the study, pursued in the Lodz University of Technology in Poland, thirteen
materials with different percentile content of additives: TTO/β-CD, propolis, TTO/β-CD/Propolis, TTO were prepared
and tested to establish the most favourable characteristics. Properties of sample containing Tea tree oil/ β-
cyclodextrin/Propolis were the most satisfying and were assumed to be accurate in fulfilling the role of the hoof crack
filler the best in the first study. With the higher amount of the additive the mechanical properties weakened preventing
the use of the product in the hoof cracks.