	US 12,115,199 B2
	Delivery system and probiotic composition for animals and plants
Scott M. Boyette, Irving, TX (US); Judith G. Pruitt, Mesquite, TX (US); John Knope, Flower Mound, TX (US); Adrian Denvir, Richardson, TX (US); Charles Greenwald, Dallas, TX (US); and Alex Erdman, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to NCH Corporation, Irving, TX (US)
Filed by NCH Corporation, Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/862,201.
Application 15/862,201 is a division of application No. 14/524,858, filed on Oct. 27, 2014, granted, now 10,653,729.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/895,775, filed on Oct. 25, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2018/0140647 A1, May 24, 2018
Int. Cl. A61K 35/745 (2015.01); A01G 22/00 (2018.01); A01K 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 7/00 (2006.01); A01K 7/02 (2006.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/741 (2015.01); A61K 35/742 (2015.01); A61K 35/744 (2015.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 35/745 (2013.01) [A01G 22/00 (2018.02); A01K 5/00 (2013.01); A01K 7/00 (2013.01); A01K 7/02 (2013.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.05); A61D 7/00 (2013.01); A61K 35/741 (2013.01); A61K 35/742 (2013.01); A61K 35/744 (2013.01); A61K 2035/115 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method for increasing beneficial bacterial populations in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals, the method comprising:

providing drinking water;

adding an amount of a shelf-stable, orally ingestible liquid probiotic composition comprising one or more Bacillus species in spore form, one or more acids or salts of acids, a thickener, and water to the drinking water prior to or during a time when one or more animals will drink the water; and

wherein all ingredients in the probiotic composition meet U.S. federal GRAS standards.