Method of analyzing nutrition for a canine or feline animal

• US 7,865,343 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2009
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: W. Jean Dodds
• Original Assignee: Hemopet
• Inventors: Dodds, W. Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Moran; Marjorie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Whaley; Pablo
• Application Number:
  US12/355,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 703/11
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/40 Animals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/20 Allele or variant detection, e.g. single nucleotide polymorphism [SNP] detection
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/923 by comparison of patient data to other data

Abstract

Selecting the nutrition for an animal or animal group comprises performing a diagnostic test to obtain first data. A data base that comprises first data relating a genomic analysis of a bodily fluid or tissue sample from an animal to a physiological condition and optionally the genotype of the animal is accessed. A data base that comprises second data relating to effects of nutrition on genomic analysis is accessed. The first and second data are processed with input data defining the physiological condition and optionally the genotype of the animal or animal group to derive the nutrition for an animal or animal group.

Claims

1. A method of analyzing nutrition for a canine or feline animal, comprising:

accessing at least one database that comprises first data relating genetic descriptor genomic data to a physiological condition, wherein the genetic descriptor genomic data is obtained from either a bodily fluid or tissue sample;

accessing second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of the genetic descriptor genomic data;

analyzing, by use of a computer, the first and second data, relating the effect of nutrition on the expression of the genetic descriptor genomic data for the animal to the physiological condition, wherein the physiological condition comprises gastrointestinal function or immunological function of the animal; and

formulating a nutritional diet based on the analyzed data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising preparing a nutritional diet based on the analyzed data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the animal is defined by a characteristic selected from the group consisting of one or more characteristics of breed type, specific breed, chronological age, physiological age, activity level, state of health or state of disease or disorder.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first data are derived from samples collected from a group of canine or feline animals representative of a range of genotypes and physiological conditions.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the data is selected from the group consisting of breed, breed(s) of parents pedigree, sex, age, and presence or absence of hereditary conditions and disorders.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the data is selected from the group consisting of age, weight, veterinary medical history, reproductive history, present health, disorder or disease state, activity level, temperament and presence or absence of, behavioral abnormalities.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the first data comprises information obtained from DNA fingerprinting, PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), PCR sequence-specific primer (SSP), or PCR sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) analysis.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first data comprises information obtained from DNA fingerprinting, PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), PCR sequence-specific primer (SSP), or PCR sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) analysis.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein formulating the diet further comprises designing nutrition based on dietary modification.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising obtaining the genotype by DNA mapping or genomic mapping.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein gastrointestinal function is assessed by serum chemistry, serum cobalamin, folate, or trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI).

12. The method of claim 1, wherein immunological function is assessed by serum electrophoresis, immunoglobulin levels, complement levels, urine electrophoresis, leukocyte marker levels, cytokine levels, monokine levels, or chemokine levels.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein immunological function is assessed by a saliva test for immunoglobulins IgA or IgM.