Bryan E. Garner

TL;DR: In this article, a mixture of a lactic acid producing bacteria culture and a lactate utilizing bacteria culture was used for improving the utilization of feedstuffs by a ruminant. But this mixture was not suitable for cattle.

TL;DR: A process for improving the utilization of feedstuffs by a ruminant, the process comprising the steps of mixing a lactic acid producing bacteria culture and a lactate utilizing bacteria culture, admixing these cultures with a dry formulation or an animal feedlot diet into a composition, and administering this composition orally to ruminants is described in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors described a method of administering an amount of a lactic acid producing bacterium such as Lactobacillus acidophilus alone or in combination with a lactate utilizing bacterium, such as Propionibacterium freudenreichii effective to enhance the milk fat content of a dairy cow.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe compositions for treating an animal to inhibit the incidence and growth of E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus.