	US 12,115,198 B2
	Microbials for animals
Michael R. King, Oak Creek, WI (US); Sona Son, Cudahy, WI (US); Elizabeth Galbraith, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Samanta R. Fensterseifer, Byron, MI (US); and Ricardo P. Arias, Byron, MI (US)
Assigned to ·MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC, Franklin, WI (US); and UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC., Sheridan, IN (US)
Filed by MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC, Franklin, WI (US); and UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC., Sheridan, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/590,569.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,169, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0138877 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. A61K 35/742 (2015.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A23K 20/189 (2016.01); A23K 20/195 (2016.01); A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A23K 50/30 (2016.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/741 (2015.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61P 3/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 35/742 (2013.01) [A23K 10/18 (2016.05); A23K 20/189 (2016.05); A23K 20/195 (2016.05); A23K 50/10 (2016.05); A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 9/0095 (2013.01); A61K 35/741 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 3/00 (2018.01); A61K 2035/115 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of improving reproductive performance of an animal being bred, the method comprising the step of administering to the animal being bred an effective amount of an additive in the feed composition or drinking water of said animal being bred, wherein said additive comprises the isolated strains Bacillus strain 86 (NRRL No. B-50944), Bacillus strain 300 (NRRL No. B-50943), Bacillus strain 101 (NRRL No. B-67218), Bacillus strain 235 (NRRL No. B-67219), Bacillus strain 177 (NRRL No. B-67275), and Bacillus strain 102 (NRRL No. B-67276), and improving reproductive performance of the animal being bred wherein the improvement in reproductive performance is selected from the group consisting of a decrease in the number of services to conception, an increase in heat detection, an increase in conception rate, a decrease in abortions, and an increase in pregnancy rate.