Computer program for determining a nutritional diet product for a canine or feline animal

• US 8,234,099 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hemopet
• Original Assignee: Hemopet
• Inventors: Dodds, W. Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): WHALEY, PABLO S
• Application Number:
  US12/957,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 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 50/30 Data warehousing; Computing architectures
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• 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 non-transitory computer-readable medium for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal having stored thereon instructions for a computer to execute the medium comprising:

at least one electronic database; and

at least one software routine comprising instructions for;

(a) receiving first data relating genomic map data to a physiological condition of a canine or feline companion animal, and second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of genes in the genomic map data;

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

preparing a nutritional diet for the canine or feline companion animal based on the relationship.

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

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

2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal having stored thereon instructions for a computer to execute the medium comprising;

at least one electronic database;

at least one software routine comprising instructions for;

(a) receiving first data;

wherein the first data relates to the expression of the genes and including genomic map data; and

the genomic map data concerning a physiological condition of a canine or feline companion animal;

(b) receiving second data comprising the effect of nutrition on the expression of genes of the genomic map data;

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

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

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