METHODS OF FEEDING ANIMALS FEED PRODUCTS CONTAINING DIRECT-FED MICROBIALS

摘要

The present disclosure describes animal feed products formulated to improve animal performance, and methods of feeding such products to the animals. Feeding methods involve providing young livestock animals with a milk replacer that includes a direct-fed microbial composition. Feeding the young livestock animals according to this approach may improve animal performance, which may include improvements in total weight gain, feed efficiency and/or starter feed intake. The direct-fed microbial composition may include Bacillus subtilis PB6, about 4.3×10⁹ to about 12.9×10⁹ CFUs of which may be provided daily on a per-animal basis.