Mold control in forage
AssigneeZeneca Limited
InventorsRoger L. Bernier, Anne-Marie M. LaPointe
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Abstract
Anti-fungal and anti-microbial bacterial strains of Serratia are used in the preparation and preservation of animal feedstuffs made from forage. Bacterial strains of Serratia rubidaea are particularly useful for such purposes, and permit hay to be baled at higher moisture content. Mixtures of this strain with another anti-fungal bacterial, such as Bacillus subtilis, and/or lactic acid-producing bacterial strains, such as strains of Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Lactococcus and Pediococcus are used in the preparation and preservation of silage.
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An animal feedstuff composition comprising a forage and an anti-fungal effective amount of an anti-fungal bacterial strain wherein said strain is Serratia rubidaea FB299, a culture of which is deposited at the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), Aberdeen, Scotland, under accession number NCIMB 40285.
A silage composition comprising silage and an anti-fungal effective amount of an anti-fungal bacterial strain wherein said strain is Serratia rubidaea FB299, a culture of which is deposited at the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), Aberdeen, Scotland, under accession number NCIMB 40285.
A bacterial composition of use in the preparation and preservation of silage, said composition comprising bacteria of the strain Serratia rubidaea FB299, a culture of which is deposited at the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), Aberdeen, Scotland, under accession number NCIMB 40285;
- and bacteria of a lactic acid-producing strain of a genus selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Enterococus, Lactococcus, and Pediococcus.
The biologically pure bacterial strain Serratia rubidaea FB299, a culture of which is deposited at the National Collections of Industrial And Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), Aberdeen, Scotland, accession number NCIMB 40285.
A method for the preparation of a silage composition, comprising depositing onto a suitable forage an anti-fungal effective amount of bacterial cells of an anti-fungal bacteria of the strain Serratia rubidaea FB299, a culture of which is deposited at the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), Aberdeen, Scotland, under accession number NCIMB 40285;
- and an effective amount of bacterial cells of a lactic acid-producing bacterial strain of a genus selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Enterococus, Lactococcus, and Pediococcus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.