US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas on Aug. 5 for "Bacillus isolate compositions and methods of using and producing the same" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,122, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.).

"Bacillus isolate compositions and methods of using and producing the same" was invented by Billy M. Hargis (Fayetteville, Ark.), Lucas Elzie Graham (Fayetteville, Ark.), Kyle Dean Teague (Siloam Springs, Ark.), Juan David Latorre (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Samuel J. Rochell (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides Bacillus isolates, as well as probiotic and animal feed compositions comprising said isolates, which may be included in the diet of poultry to improve growth performance with...