Feedlot administered bacterial composition
AssigneeMicrobios, Inc.
InventorsJoseph F. Flint, Matthew Ryan Garner
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Abstract
A feedlot administered animal feed additive that promotes animal health and growth, reduces mortality and can act as an antibiotic substitute. The additive inhibits pathogen growth resulting in lower pathogen load within the animal and reduced pathogen sheading to the environment. The additive includes bacteria that inhibit E. coli O157:H7 growth by as much as 93% and Salmonella growth by as much as 97%, together with commensurate inhibition rates against the Big-Six Escherichia coli strains. The additive includes various combinations of the following pathogen-inhibiting bacteria: Lactobacillus animalis; Enterococcus faecium; and Pediococcus acidilactici.
Claims26
A feedlot animal probiotic feed additive comprising a mixture having an equal number of viable bacteria of each of the following four bacteria:
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB101 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121710;
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB102 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121711;
- Enterococcus faecium strain MB505 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121709;
- and Pediococcus acidilactici strain MB902 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121712;
- and wherein the mixture has an E. coli 0157:H7 growth inhibition rate of at least 93.1% when mixed with an equal number of viable E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria relative to the total number of viable bacteria comprised by the four bacteria of the mixture.
A method of administering a probiotic direct fed bacterial feed additive to an animal and inhibiting pathogen growth within the animal's digestive tract, the method comprising:
- feeding to an animal a mixture having an equal number of viable bacteria of each of the following four bacteria:
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB101 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121710;
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB102 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121711;
- Enterococcus faecium strain MB505 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121709;
- and Pediococcus acidilactici strain MB902 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121712;
- and wherein the mixture has an E. coli O157:H7 growth inhibition rate of at least 93.1% when mixed with an equal number of viable E. coli O157:H7 bacteria relative to the total number of viable bacteria comprised by the four bacteria of the mixture.
A probiotic food for feedlot housed animals including animal feed mixed with a composition comprising a mixture having an equal number of viable bacteria of each of the following four bacteria:
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB101 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121710;
- Lactobacillus animalis strain MB102 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121711;
- Enterococcus faecium strain MB505 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121709;
- and Pediococcus acidilactici strain MB902 having ATCC Accession Number PTA-121712;
- and wherein the mixture has an E. coli O157:H7 growth inhibition rate of at least 93.1% when mixed with an equal number of viable E. coli O157:H7 bacteria relative to the total number of viable bacteria comprised by the four bacteria of the mixture.
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