US 11,931,385 B2
Feed additive composition
Mai Faurschou Isaksen, Hojbjerg (DK); Marion Bernardeau, Caen (FR); Luis Fernando Romero Millan, Wilshire (GB); Elijah G. Kiarie, Guelph (CA); Susan Lund Arent, Brabrand (DK); Päivi Nurminen, Siuntio (FI); Sofia Forssten, Kantvik (FI); Daniel Petri, Waukesha, WI (US); Elizabeth Ann Galbraith, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Mari Ellen Davis, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS, Kongens Lyngby (DK)
Filed by DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS, Copenhagen K (DK)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/368,282.
Application 16/149,708 is a division of application No. 14/609,911, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2013/066254, filed on Aug. 2, 2013.
Application 17/368,282 is a continuation of application No. 16/149,708, filed on Oct. 2, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/679,084, filed on Aug. 3, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040241 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 35/742 (2015.01); A23K 10/16 (2016.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A23K 20/189 (2016.01); A23K 50/30 (2016.01); A23K 50/60 (2016.01); A23K 50/75 (2016.01); A61K 35/747 (2015.01); A61K 38/47 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 35/742 (2013.01) [A23K 10/16 (2016.05); A23K 10/18 (2016.05); A23K 20/189 (2016.05); A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A23K 50/60 (2016.05); A23K 50/75 (2016.05); A61K 35/747 (2013.01); A61K 38/47 (2013.01); A23V 2400/11 (2023.08); C12Y 302/01008 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01021 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
 
1. A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed, or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR), or for improving weight gain in a subject, or for improving feed efficiency in a subject, or for shifting the fermentation process in the subject's gastrointestinal tract towards the production of butyric acid and/or volatile fatty acids (VFA), the method comprising
administering a direct fed microbial (DFM) comprising Bacillus strains AGTP BS3BP5 (NRRL B—50510), AGTP BS918 (NRRL B—50508), and AGTP BS1013 (NRRL B—50509), to the subject, in combination with a xylanase and a β-glucanase.