US Patent Issued to Texas Tech University System on Nov. 3 for "Method and composition for reducing pathogens in pet food using lactic acid bacteria" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,160, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas).

"Method and composition for reducing pathogens in pet food using lactic acid bacteria" was invented by Mindy M. Brashears (Wolfforth, Texas), David Campos (Muleshoe, Texas), Kendra Nightingale (Lubbock, Texas), Guy Loneragan (Wolfforth, Texas) and Markus F. Miller (Abernathy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the growth of pathogens in an animal feed comprising the steps of: contacting an animal feed with at least one lactic acid bacterium strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobaci...