Patents Assigned to SSS ACQUISITION, LLC
  • Feeds containing hop acids and uses thereof as supplements in animal feeds
    Patent number: 9084432
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for administering hop acids to alter the microbial population of the gastrointestinal tract of animals and to inhibit the growth of pathogenic organisms in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals. Also disclosed are methods of increasing weight gain, feed efficiency, milk production in mammals, and egg and meat production in poultry by administering hop acids. Also disclosed are animal feeds containing hops and hop acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SSS ACQUISITION, LLC
    Inventors: Francis L. Rigby, Janet Z. Segal