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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Gregory L. Cote, Edwards, IL (US);
Scott M. Holt, Macomb, IL (US);
Gregory L. Cote, Edwards, IL (US);
Scott M. Holt, Macomb, IL (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Board of Trustees of Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL (US);
Abstract
Oligosaccharides produced by an alternansucrase enzyme catalyzed reaction of sucrose with an acceptor oligosaccharide are effective as prebiotics for controlling enteric bacterial pathogens. Populations of enteropathogenic bacteria may be substantially reduced or inhibited by treatment of an animal with a composition comprising one or more of these oligosaccharides in an amount effective to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria. The method is particularly effective for the control ofspecies, enteropathogenic, and