Additive for animal feed
AssigneeIdemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiko Kadota, Motoshi Suzuki, Kuniko Suzuki, Shinji Ito, Yasuaki Sugimoto, Masami Mochizuki
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Abstract
To promote the digestion of an animal to thereby elevate the feed efficiency or prevent or ameliorate intestinal infections such as inflammatory intestinal injury of the animal, a combination of at least one fungus selected from Aspergillus sojae, Aspergillus tamarii, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus oryzae with an acidic enzyme produced by the fungus is administered to the animal.
Claims9
An additive for animal feed, comprising a culture containing at least one fungus selected from the group consisting of Aspergillus sojae, Aspergillus tamarii, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus oryzae, and an acidic enzyme produced by the fungus.
A method of manufacturing a feed, comprising:
- culturing at least one fungus selected from the group consisting of Aspergillus sojae, Aspergillus tamarii, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus oryzae on a solid medium comprising a nutrient for proliferation of the fungus;
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- adding the resultant culture to the feed.
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