Method for Modifying Gut Flora in Animals
OwnerChristina Khooinventor
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Abstract
A method for enhancing the balance of beneficial and deleterious bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal having or at risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by administering to the animal a composition comprising at least one antioxidant, optionally in conjunction with one or more of a probiotic and a prebiotic.
Claims34
A method for enhancing the balance of beneficial and deleterious bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal having or at risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprising administering to the animal a composition comprising at least one antioxidant.
Use of at least one antioxidant in preparation of a composition for enhancing the balance of beneficial and deleterious bacteria in tile gastrointestinal tract of an animal having or at risk for IBD.
A food composition comprising, on a dry matter basis, at least one of:
- a. vitamin E in a total tocopherol amount of about 50 to about 1000 μg/g:
- b. vitamin C in an amount of about 30 to about 400 μg/g:
- and
- c. β-carotene in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 μg/g:
- and further comprising at least one of a probiotic and a prebiotic.
A kit comprising (1) a composition comprising at least one antioxidant, and (2) at least one of:
- a. a probiotic:
- b. a prebiotic:
- c. a base food:
- d. an anti-IBD agent:
- and
- e. instructions for administering the antioxidant-containing composition and optionally other components of the kit to an animal having or at risk for IBD, to enhance the balance of beneficial and deleterious bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.