Patent ID: 8557234

Claim:
A method of controlling foam in a manure pit, the method comprising administering Bacillus strains in an effective amount to pigs whose manure is stored in the manure pit, the Bacillus strains comprising: B. licheniformis 842 (NRRL B-50516) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. licheniformis 842 (NRRL B-50516); B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105); and B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134), wherein 70% of the total CFUs of the Bacillus strains is B. licheniformis 842 (NRRL B-50516) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. licheniformis 842 (NRRL B-50516), 10% of the total CFUs of the Bacillus strains is B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105), and 20% of the total CFUs of the Bacillus strains is B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134), and wherein strains are administered at a rate of at least about 1.0×10 5 CFU per gram of feed fed to the pigs.