System and method for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline animal

• US 8,060,354 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hemopet
• Original Assignee: Hemopet
• Inventors: Dodds, W. Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Moran; Marjorie
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHALEY, PABLO S
• Application Number:
  US12/957,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 703/11
• 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: G16B 50/40 Encryption of genetic data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• 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 system for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprising:

a computer;

at least one electronic database coupled to the computing system;

at least one software routine executing on the computing system which is programmed to;

(a) receive first data relating genomic map data to a physiological condition of the animal, and second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of at least one gene in the genomic map;

(b) determine a relationship between said first and second data; and

(c) based on the relationship, determine a nutritional diet for the canine or feline companion animal; and

formulate and prepare a nutritional diet product based on the relationship.

3. The system 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, and state of disease or disorder.

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

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first data is selected from the group consisting of breed, breed(s) of parents, pedigree, sex, age, presence or absence of hereditary conditions and disorders.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the first data is selected from the group consisting of age, weight, veterinary medical history, reproductive history, present health, disorder or disease state, activity level, and temperament and presence or absence of behavioral abnormalities.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the physiological condition comprises the gastrointestinal function, and the gastrointestinal function is assessed by at least one of serum chemistry, serum cobalamin, folate, or trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI).

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the physiological function comprises the immunological function, and the immunological function is assessed by at least one of serum electrophoresis, immunoglobulin levels, complement levels, urine electrophoresis, leukocyte markers, cytokines, monokines, or chemokine levels.

2. A system for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprising:

a computer;

at least one electronic database coupled to the computing system;

at least one software routine executing on the computing system which is programmed to;

(a) receive first data relating the expression of at least one gene to a physiological condition;

wherein the data relating to the expression of the at least one gene includes genomic map data; and

the genomic map data concerns the physiological condition of the animal;

(b) receive second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of at least one gene of the genomic map;

(c) determine a relationship between the first and second data; and

(d) determine nutritional content based on the relationship; and

formulate a nutritional diet product for the canine or feline companion animal.

9. A method for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving first data relating genomic map data to a physiological condition of the animal, and second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of at least one gene in the genomic map;

(b) determining a relationship between said first and second data; and

(c) based on the relationship, determining a nutritional diet for the canine or feline companion animal; and

formulating and preparing a nutritional diet product based on the relationship.

11. The method of claim 9 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, and state of disease or disorder.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the first data are derived from samples collected from a group of animals representative of a range of genotypes and physiological conditions.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the first data is selected from the group consisting of breed, breed(s) of parents, pedigree, sex, age, presence or absence of hereditary conditions and disorders.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the first data is selected from the group consisting of age, weight, veterinary medical history, reproductive history, present health, disorder or disease state, activity level, and temperament and presence or absence of behavioral abnormalities.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising performing DNA fingerprinting, PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), sequence-specific primer (SSP), or PCR sequence specific oligonucleotide (SSO) analysis to obtain the first data.

16. A method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising performing DNA mapping or genomic mapping to obtain said genotypes.

17. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the physiological condition comprises the gastrointestinal function, and the gastrointestinal function is assessed by at least one of serum chemistry, serum cobalamin, folate, or trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI).

18. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the physiological function comprises the immunological function, and the immunological function is assessed by at least one of serum electrophoresis, immunoglobulin levels, complement levels, urine electrophoresis, leukocyte markers, cytokines, monokines, or chemokine levels.

19. The method as claimed in claim 9 comprising employing a computing system with at least one software routine executing on a computer which is programmed to receive the first data, the second data, determine the relationship between the first and second data, formulate and prepare the nutritional diet.

10. A method for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving first data relating the expression of at least one gene to a physiological condition;

wherein the data relating to the expression of the at least one gene includes genomic map data; and

the genomic map data concerns the physiological condition of the animal;

(b) receiving second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of at least one gene of the genomic map;

(c) determining a relationship between the first and second data; and

(d) determining nutritional content based on the relationship; and

preparing a nutritional diet product for the canine or feline companion animal.

20. The method as claimed in claim 10 comprising employing a computing system with at least one software routine executing on a computer which is programmed to receive the first data, the second data, determine the relationship between the first and second data, and formulate the nutritional diet.