| abstract |
patent summary "feed additive composition". The present invention relates to a feed additive composition comprising a direct feed microorganism (dfm) in combination with a citrobacter spp. and a method for improving an individual's performance or for improving the digestibility of a feedstock in a feed (for example, nutrient digestibility such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or to avoid the effects negative for necrotic enteritis or to improve food conversion ratio (fcr) or to improve weight gain in an individual or to improve food efficiency in an individual or to modulate (for example, improve) the individual's immune response, or to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in an individual's gastrointestinal tract or to reduce pathogenic bacterial populations in an individual's gastrointestinal tract, or to reduce nutrient excretion in the manure, the method comprising administering to an individual a microorganism of direct feed (dfm) in combination with a citrobacter spp. |