Abstract: There is provided a method comprising orally administering a composition before and/or during exercise. The composition contains a casein hydrolysate containing a free amino acid and a peptide, or a mixture of the free amino acid and the peptide. The casein hydrolysate is produced by hydrolyzing an animal milk casein, and has an average chain length of 2.1 or less in terms of the number of amino acid residues. There is further provided an oral composition for use in the method. The oral composition contains, as an active ingredient, a casein hydrolysate containing a free amino acid and a peptide, or a mixture of the free amino acid and the peptide. The casein hydrolysate is produced by hydrolyzing an animal milk casein, and has an average chain length of 2.1 or less in terms of the number of amino acid residues. There is still further provided the use of the oral composition for inhibiting increase in heart rate during exercise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substance or method for preventing or treating mastitis in ruminant animals, particularly in dairy cows. Specifically provided are: a preventive or therapeutic agent, a feed additive, a feed, and a pharmaceutical composition for ruminant animal mastitis, characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a Bacillus genus bacterium having the property of being capable of increasing or maintaining CD11c+ CD172a+ blood dendritic cell gate 2 in cows.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sterilization agent for livestock bedding or a composting accelerator for organic waste or livestock bedding, comprising at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium or a combination of the at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium and at least one Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium, as an active ingredient, wherein the Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium as a preferable bacterium is viable at a temperature of 40 to 60° C. and the Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium is viable at a temperature of 30 to 50° C., and the mesophilic bacterium also has a sterilizing effect on harmful bacteria in bedding; and to a method for sterilizing livestock bedding or a method for accelerating composting of organic waste or livestock bedding by using these agents each as an active ingredient.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising orally administering a composition before and/or during exercise. The composition contains a casein hydrolysate containing a free amino acid and a peptide, or a mixture of the free amino acid and the peptide. The casein hydrolysate is produced by hydrolyzing an animal milk casein, and has an average chain length of 2.1 or less in terms of the number of amino acid residues. There is further provided an oral composition for use in the method. The oral composition contains, as an active ingredient, a casein hydrolysate containing a free amino acid and a peptide, or a mixture of the free amino acid and the peptide. The casein hydrolysate is produced by hydrolyzing an animal milk casein, and has an average chain length of 2.1 or less in terms of the number of amino acid residues. There is still further provided the use of the oral composition for inhibiting increase in heart rate during exercise.

Abstract: There are provided a tablet-form immediate-release preparation that contains a high concentration of a casein and/or a casein hydrolysate as an active ingredient but has an excellent physical strength, a composition for the preparation that has an excellent tabletability, and a method for producing the preparation from the composition. Each of the preparation and the composition contains 50% by mass or more of the casein and/or the casein hydrolysate, and further contains a lactose having a volume average particle diameter of not less than 50 ?m and not more than 300 ?m. The content of the lactose is 6.0 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the casein and/or the casein hydrolysate. The method for producing the preparation contains the steps of: preparing a mixture as the composition; filling a mortar with the mixture and tableting the mixture; and separating the tableted mixture from the mortar.

Abstract: There are provided a tablet-form immediate-release preparation that contains a high concentration of a casein and/or a casein hydrolysate as an active ingredient but has an excellent physical strength, a composition for the preparation that has an excellent tabletability, and a method for producing the preparation from the composition. Each of the preparation and the composition contains 50% by mass or more of the casein and/or the casein hydrolysate, and further contains a lactose having a volume average particle diameter of not less than 50 ?m and not more than 300 ?m. The content of the lactose is 6.0 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the casein and/or the casein hydrolysate. The method for producing the preparation contains the steps of: preparing a mixture as the composition; filling a mortar with the mixture and tableting the mixture; and separating the tableted mixture from the mortar.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sterilization agent for livestock bedding or a composting accelerator for organic waste or livestock bedding, comprising at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium or a combination of the at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium and at least one Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium, as an active ingredient, wherein the Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium as a preferable bacterium is viable at a temperature of 40 to 60° C. and the Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium is viable at a temperature of 30 to 50° C., and the mesophilic bacterium also has a sterilizing effect on harmful bacteria in bedding; and to a method for sterilizing livestock bedding or a method for accelerating composting of organic waste or livestock bedding by using these agents each as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for producing a compost, comprising composting plant-derived organic waste at a weight reduction rate of 95% or more by fermentation treatment, specifically by subjecting the organic waste to fermentation treatment comprising a primary fermentation, which comprises an intermittently agitated fermentation, and a secondary fermentation, which comprises an aerated fermentation, using a microorganism of Bacillus subtilis strain C-3102 (FERM BP-1096) or a mutant strain thereof; the compost produced by the above method; and a method for producing vegetables using the compost.

Abstract: The invention of this application provides a method of breeding poultry or a method of improving a feed conversion ratio (FCR), characterized by comprising feeding Bacillus coagulans at a late stage of poultry production in breeding of the poultry, and further provides a feed additive composition for use in improving poultry FCR comprising Bacillus coagulans strain CP3425 (International Accession Number NITE BP-01693) or a derivative or variant thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sterilization agent for livestock bedding or a composting accelerator for organic waste or livestock bedding, comprising at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium or a combination of the at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium and at least one Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium, as an active ingredient, wherein the Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium as a preferable bacterium is viable at a temperature of 40 to 60° C. and the Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium is viable at a temperature of 30 to 50° C., and the mesophilic bacterium also has a sterilizing effect on harmful bacteria in bedding; and to a method for sterilizing livestock bedding or a method for accelerating composting of organic waste or livestock bedding by using these agents each as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present application provides: a microbial material for agricultural use characterized by containing, as an active ingredient, Bacillus subtilis C-3102 strain (FERM BP-1096) that is capable of promoting the growth of crops and/or increasing the yield of crops, or a variant thereof that has an ability equivalent thereto; and a method for cultivating crops characterized by comprising cultivating the crops using a soil or medium that contains the microbial material.