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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nelson A Cox, Bogart, GA (US);
Joseph S Bailey, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 / ; 119-68 ; 119-66 ; 435853 ; 424 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for introducing probiotic bacteria into the digestive tract of a bird in order to exclude undesirable bacteria therefrom, and inoculated eggs produced thereby, are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a fertile bird egg is administered a Salmonella competitive exclusion culture. The culture is preferably administered into the air cell of the egg in an amount effective to colonize the digestive tract of the embryonic bird contained within the egg, and the culture preferably comprises at least one anaerobic bacteria of intestinal origin.