Alexandra Z Smith

US Patent:

8540981, Sep 24, 2013

Filed:

Jul 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/498734

Inventors:

Christopher A. Wehnes - Waukesha WI, US
Keith J. Mertz - Neosho WI, US
Mari Ellen Davis - Waukesha WI, US
Alexandra Helena Smith - Greendale WI, US
Thomas G. Rehberger - Wauwatosa WI, US

Assignee:

DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS - Copenhagen

International Classification:

A01N 63/00
A01N 65/00
C12N 1/20

US Classification:

424 93462, 424 931, 424823, 4352525, 435839

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a composition including strains 3A-P4 ATCC Accession No. PTA-6506, 22C-P1 ATCC Accession No. PTA-6508, and LSSA01 NRRL Accession No. NRRL B-50104. The present invention also relates to a method of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising strains 3A-P4 ATCC Accession No. PTA-6506, 22C-P1 ATCC Accession No. PTA-6508, and LSSA01 NRRL Accession No. NRRL B-50104 to a calf.

US Patent:

20120276058, Nov 1, 2012

Filed:

Apr 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/456741

Inventors:

Alexandra Helena Smith - Greendale WI, US
Thomas G. Rehberger - Wauwatosa WI, US

Assignee:

DANISCO A/S - Copenhagen

International Classification:

A61K 35/74
A61P 3/00
A61P 1/14
C12N 1/20

US Classification:

424 934, 4352521

Abstract:

Strains and compositions of bacterium of the genus are provided that reduce methane production in a ruminant animal. Strains and compositions can be used as a feed supplement. Also provided are methods for reducing methane production in a ruminant animal comprising the step of administering to the ruminant animal an effective amount of at least one strain of bacterium of the genus

US Patent:

20190231828, Aug 1, 2019

Filed:

Dec 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/226344

Inventors:

- Princeton NJ, US
Evan Hutchison - Milwaukee WI, US
Alexandra Smith - Greendale WI, US
Joshua Rehberger - Milwaukee WI, US

Assignee:

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

A61K 35/742
A23K 10/18
A23K 10/10
A61K 38/16
A23K 50/70
A23K 50/75

Abstract:

Disclosed are methods of administering one or more strains to poultry. The strains improve bacterial homeostasis in the gastrointestinal tract by inhibiting bacterial pathogens such as and . Administering the strains also improves performance such as weight gain and feed conversion. Useful combinations of strains and methods of using one or more strains are also provided.

US Patent:

20190076488, Mar 14, 2019

Filed:

Nov 6, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/181427

Inventors:

- COPENHAGEN, DK
GREGORY ROSS SIRAGUSA - WAUKESHA WI, US
MARI ELLEN DAVIS - WAUKESHA WI, US
ALEXANDRA HELENA SMITH - GREENDALE WI, US

International Classification:

A61K 35/741
A23K 50/75
C12N 1/20
A23K 10/18
A23K 40/30
A23K 40/10
A61K 35/742
A61K 38/46
A61K 38/47
A61K 38/48
C12R 1/125
A23K 20/189

Abstract:

A feed additive composition comprising a direct fed microbial in combination with a protease, a xylanase, an amylase and a phytase, and a method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for avoiding the negative effects of necrotic enteritis 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 modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, which method comprising administering to a subject a direct fed microbial in combination with a protease, a xylanase, an amylase and a phytase.

US Patent:

20170333496, Nov 23, 2017

Filed:

May 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/601656

Inventors:

- Ewing NJ, US
Evan Hutchison - Milwaukee WI, US
Alexandra Smith - Greendale WI, US

International Classification:

A61K 35/747
A61K 35/742
A61K 9/00
A23K 50/75
A23K 20/10
A61K 9/19

Abstract:

This disclosure relates generally to a microbial treatment for poultry. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a direct fed microbial composition including one or more lactic acid bacteria strains in combination with one or more bacteria strains configured to inhibit gastrointestinal pathogens in a bird. A method of use is also disclosed herein.