WO1994021140A1 - Animal feed supplement - Google Patents

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WO1994021140A1
WO1994021140A1 PCT/GB1994/000434 GB9400434W WO9421140A1 WO 1994021140 A1 WO1994021140 A1 WO 1994021140A1 GB 9400434 W GB9400434 W GB 9400434W WO 9421140 A1 WO9421140 A1 WO 9421140A1
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lipid
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William Leslie Porter
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Publication of WO1994021140A1 publication Critical patent/WO1994021140A1/en

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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23KFODDER
    • A23K20/00Accessory food factors for animal feeding-stuffs
    • A23K20/10Organic substances
    • A23K20/158Fatty acids; Fats; Products containing oils or fats
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23KFODDER
    • A23K10/00Animal feeding-stuffs
    • A23K10/10Animal feeding-stuffs obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes
    • A23K10/16Addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff compositions
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23VINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION
    • A23V2400/00Lactic or propionic acid bacteria
    • A23V2400/11Lactobacillus
    • A23V2400/169Plantarum

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  • This invention relates generally to an animal feed supplement, more especially a feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals.
  • animals include human beings.
  • an animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by--extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non-pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
  • a cell concentrate is obtained by separating the cells from the bulk fluid substrate, and the cell concentrate is then treated in a manner which at least partially breaks down the cell walls, thus releasing .or making the lipid or lipids more readily available.
  • Possible methods of treatment of the cell concentrate to extract the bacterial lipid comprise chemical extraction, e.g. extraction by ether, by butanol or by chloroform/ methanol.
  • Other possible extraction treatments include enzymatic extraction such as lysozyme treatment and autolysis, and heat treatment at a temperature approaching 100 degrees Centigrade or higher.
  • Treatment of the cell residue in a manner which does not extract or make available to the animal the bacterial lipid, in particular one or more of the particular specified lipids, has been shown not to result in a useful product.
  • the difference between non-active treated cell concentrates and active cell concentrates in accordance with the invention has been shown to be in the presence of a substance or substances having the solubility characteristics of a lipid and which is available to the animal.
  • the invention is considered to be applicable to any of a number of bacterial lipids, when alone or in combination, such as neutral lipids, phospholipids, glycolipids, polyhydroxybutyrates, and fatty acids.
  • the invention also relates to the use of a bacterial lipid, more especially one or more of the particular lipids above mentioned, as an animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals.
  • a method of treating growing animals to enhance weight gain according to which the animal diet is supplemented by an additive which comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non-pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
  • Lactobacillus fermentum Lactobacillus acidophilus
  • Lactobacillus plantarum Lactobacillus plantarum
  • Bacillus subtilis Bacillus subtilis
  • the cell concentrate may be used as a liquid or dried animal feed supplement, generally in combination with a liquid or solid carrier.
  • the amount of concentrate employed is quantified by assaying the above-mentioned particular lipid or lipids present.
  • the bacterial lipid acts by increasing growth rate and/or improving utilisation of food in the growing animals.
  • An example of preparation of the bacterial lipid product is as follows.
  • Bacillus subtilis was grown in a clear nutrient medium, sparged with filtered air and agitated. The fermentation was stopped before sporulation and the bacterial biomass concentrated by centrifugation, giving a slurry of 10.5% w/v dry matter content.
  • the buffered bacterial slurry was mixed with 112 ml chloroform and 224 ml methanol, agitating at 37 degrees C in an orbital shaker for 18 hours. The sample was then centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes, and the super ⁇ natant collected.
  • the supernatant was rotary evaporated to form an oily residue, which was re-dispersed in 20 ml of ether. This was shaken with 50 ml of demineralised water and immediately mixed with 200 g of granular expanded mica, which was then stirred to assist evaporation of solvent residues.
  • the sample of treated vermiculite was then mixed with 35 kg of the basal animal feed.
  • Tests have been carried out on young chicks randomly allocated between a control diet and the same diet supplemented by the treated cell concentrate of the invention, containing a combination of lipids, derived from 100 g of bacterial mass calculated from bacterial dried weight, per tonne of feed. Statistically significant weight extra gain after 17 days, starting with 3 days old chicks, has been shown relative to the control diet.

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Abstract

An animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals comprises a bacterial lipid. This lipid is made available from or obtained by extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which non-pathogenic bacterial cells, such as Bacillus subtilis, are grown in a liquid culture. Methods to make available or extract the lipid include chemical extraction, enzymatic extraction and heat treatment.

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Ani al Feed Supplement
This invention relates generally to an animal feed supplement, more especially a feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals. In the context of the invention, animals include human beings.
According to one aspect of the present invention, an animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by--extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non-pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
Preferably, after growing the cells in the liquid culture, a cell concentrate is obtained by separating the cells from the bulk fluid substrate, and the cell concentrate is then treated in a manner which at least partially breaks down the cell walls, thus releasing .or making the lipid or lipids more readily available.
Possible methods of treatment of the cell concentrate to extract the bacterial lipid comprise chemical extraction, e.g. extraction by ether, by butanol or by chloroform/ methanol. Other possible extraction treatments include enzymatic extraction such as lysozyme treatment and autolysis, and heat treatment at a temperature approaching 100 degrees Centigrade or higher.
Treatment of the cell residue in a manner which does not extract or make available to the animal the bacterial lipid, in particular one or more of the particular specified lipids, has been shown not to result in a useful product. The difference between non-active treated cell concentrates and active cell concentrates in accordance with the invention has been shown to be in the presence of a substance or substances having the solubility characteristics of a lipid and which is available to the animal.
The invention is considered to be applicable to any of a number of bacterial lipids, when alone or in combination, such as neutral lipids, phospholipids, glycolipids, polyhydroxybutyrates, and fatty acids.
The invention also relates to the use of a bacterial lipid, more especially one or more of the particular lipids above mentioned, as an animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of treating growing animals to enhance weight gain, according to which the animal diet is supplemented by an additive which comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non-pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
The use of a variety of bacterial cells is possible, including Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bacillus subtilis.
After treatment as aforesaid, the cell concentrate may be used as a liquid or dried animal feed supplement, generally in combination with a liquid or solid carrier. The amount of concentrate employed is quantified by assaying the above-mentioned particular lipid or lipids present.
In use, the bacterial lipid acts by increasing growth rate and/or improving utilisation of food in the growing animals.
An example of preparation of the bacterial lipid product is as follows.
Bacillus subtilis was grown in a clear nutrient medium, sparged with filtered air and agitated. The fermentation was stopped before sporulation and the bacterial biomass concentrated by centrifugation, giving a slurry of 10.5% w/v dry matter content.
50 ml of the bacterial slurry was mixed with 62 ml of a buffer solution of 0.1 molar sodium acetate, and adjusted with glacial acetic acid to pH 4.5.
The buffered bacterial slurry was mixed with 112 ml chloroform and 224 ml methanol, agitating at 37 degrees C in an orbital shaker for 18 hours. The sample was then centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes, and the super¬ natant collected.
The supernatant was rotary evaporated to form an oily residue, which was re-dispersed in 20 ml of ether. This was shaken with 50 ml of demineralised water and immediately mixed with 200 g of granular expanded mica, which was then stirred to assist evaporation of solvent residues.
The sample of treated vermiculite was then mixed with 35 kg of the basal animal feed.
Tests have been carried out on young chicks randomly allocated between a control diet and the same diet supplemented by the treated cell concentrate of the invention, containing a combination of lipids, derived from 100 g of bacterial mass calculated from bacterial dried weight, per tonne of feed. Statistically significant weight extra gain after 17 days, starting with 3 days old chicks, has been shown relative to the control diet.
Additional weight gain as compared to the control diet, expressed as a percentage, was as follows:-
Cell Residue Treatment Additional Weight
Gain (%i Control
Ether extraction + 5.7
Butanol extraction + 5.6 Chloroform/methanol extraction "+ 14.1
Lysozyme treatment + 11.3
Autolysis + 8.3
Heat treatment at 120 degrees C + 12.9

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1. An animal feed supplement for enhancing weight gain in growing animals comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non-pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
2. A feed supplement according to claim 1, according to which, after growing the cells in the liquid culture, a cell concentrate is obtained by separating the cells from the bulk fluid substrate, and the cell concentrate is then treated in a manner which at least partially breaks down the cell walls, thus releasing or making the lipid or lipids more readily available.
3. A feed supplement according to claim 2, wherein the cell treatment to make available or extract the bacterial lipid comprises chemical extraction or enzymatic extraction or autolysis treatment.
4. A feed supplement according to claim 2, wherein the cell treatment to make available or extract the bacterial lipid comprises heat treatment.
5. A method of treating growing animals to enhance weight gain, according to which the animal diet is supplemented by an additive which comprises a bacterial lipid made available from or obtained by extraction from a cell concentrate obtained following a fermentation process in which bacterial cells, in general non- pathogenic, are grown in a liquid culture.
6. A method according to claim 5, in which the bacterial cells utilised comprise Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bacillus subtilis.
7. A method according to claim 5 or claim 6, wherein, after treatment, the cell concentrate is used as a liquid or dried animal feed supplement, generally in combination with a liquid or solid carrier.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the amount of concentrat -employed is quantified by assaying the above- mentioned particular lipid or lipids present.
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GB939307562A GB9307562D0 (en) 1993-04-13 1993-04-13 Animal feed supplement

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GB1069400A (en) * 1965-11-10 1967-05-17 Nagase & Co Ltd Feed supplement for animals and production thereof
JPS61227790A (en) * 1985-03-30 1986-10-09 Agency Of Ind Science & Technol Extraction of glyceride oil from microbial cell containing same
GB2221829A (en) * 1988-08-19 1990-02-21 William Leslie Porter Improvements in animal feed additives
EP0416892A1 (en) * 1989-09-05 1991-03-13 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Agents for the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea
JPH04248982A (en) * 1991-02-04 1992-09-04 Sagami Chem Res Center Production of bacteria capable of photosynthesis containing highly unsaturated fatty acid
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CN102106463A (en) * 2011-01-31 2011-06-29 上海大誉生物技术股份有限公司 Microbial feed additives and preparation method thereof
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