FEED CONTAINING G-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR FARMING OF LIVESTOCK ANIMALS USING SAME

摘要

Disclosed is a technique for producing a feed containing ?-aminobutyric acid at a high content, which does not rely on the administration of any antibiotic or the addition of glutamic acid. Specifically disclosed is a feed containing ?-aminobutyric acid, which is produced by adding water to a ground product of seeds of a crop belonging to the family Gramineae to adjust the water content of the ground product to a value that is more than 20% and not more than 40% and inoculating a lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis strain RO50 (FERM BP-11232) to the resulting product to cause the fermentation of the product.