Meiji Feed Co., Ltd.

Meiji Co., Ltd.

Takenori Orihashi

Nobuo Yoda

Shuji Ikegami

Michio Kanbe

Katsunori Kimura

Kenji Sera

Kiyotaka Sakai

Yoshiaki Obara

Manami Yoshida

Yukimasa Kishimura

Yasunori Kagawa

Yoshihito Hagawa

Takanori Mashiko

A feed supplement comprising at least one selected from lactic acid bacterium belonging to, a crushed product of the lactic acid bacterium, culture of the lactic acid bacterium, residue of the culture of the lactic acid bacterium and a treated product thereof (a concentrate, a pasted product, a dried product, a liquid product, a diluted product, a sterilized product, etc.) and a feed composition comprising the feed supplement.

Feed composition

The invention provides a composition that enhances the proliferation activity of propionic acid bacteria in the rumen of ruminants to allow the propionic acid bacteria to sufficiently exhibit their metabolic function in the rumen for the prevention and treatment of rumen acidosis in ruminants. The invention also provides use of the composition. Viable propionic acid bacteria and a lactic acid bacteria culture are orally administered to a ruminant to dramatically (rapidly) promote the proliferation of the propionic acid bacteria in the ruminant rumen, and to thereby increase the volatile fatty acid concentration in the rumen for the prevention and/or treatment of rumen acidosis in the ruminant.

Composition containing bacterium capable of producing propionic acid bacterium, and use thereof

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Ichikawa, Japan

Takenori Orihashi