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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Global Bioprotect Ip Pty Ltd, Willoughby, AU;
Michael Paul Bralkowski, Lexington, NC (US);
Sarah Ashley Brooks, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen M. Hinton, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
David Matthew Wright, Kernersville, NC (US);
Shih-Hsin Yang, Queensland, AU;
Global Bioprotect IP Pty Ltd, Willoughby, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of improving the environment within a poultry farming facility including reducing ammonia production in a poultry facility, inhibiting urease enzymes in poultry litter, reducing levels of pathogenic bacteria in poultry litter, improving productivity of poultry farms, reducing or preventing pododermatitis in poultry reared in mass production poultry facilities and controlling pests in poultry litter. Compositions, suitable for use in such methods, comprising at least one microorganism of the genusand at least one biosurfactant wherein the biosurfactant is present in an amount of 2 mg/L to 7000 mg/L are also described.