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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Mindy M. Brashears, Wolfforth, TX (US);
Guy H. Loneragan, Lubbock, TX (US);
Kendra Nightingale, Lubbock, TX (US);
J. Chance Brooks, Wolfforth, TX (US);
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes compositions and methods for eliminating or reducing microbial contamination in lymph nodes that enter the food supply from livestock comprising: identifying an animal in need of eliminating or reducing microbial contamination in non-gut associated lymph nodes that enter the food supply, and providing the animal with an effective amount of a lactic acid bacteria or probiotic bacterial sufficient to reduce or eliminate the microbial contamination in non-gut associated lymph nodes.