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US 10,945,450 B2Granted
Yeast-containing silage inoculants for the enhancement of silage digestion and fermentation in the rumen
AssigneePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
InventorsFredric Owens, Brenda Smiley
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Abstract
The invention relates to compositions for use as silage inoculants comprising a yeast strain, one or more bacterial stains, and a suitable carrier. The invention also relates to methods of improving livestock animal silage and meat and milk performance of a livestock animal.
Claims5
A composition comprising:
- a yeast strain selected from the group consisting of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain YE206, deposited as Patent Deposit No. NRRL Y-50734;
- S. cerevisiae strain YE1241, deposited as Patent Deposit No. NRRL Y-50735;
- or S. cerevisiae strain YE1496, deposited as Patent Deposit No. NRRL Y-50736, a strain of the bacterial species L. buchneri, a pre-ensiled plant material, and a suitable carrier wherein the composition contains from about 101 to about 1010 viable organisms of said yeast strain per gram of the pre-ensiled plant material.
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