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US 2013/0280724 A1Published application
Methods for diagnosing impending diarrhea
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsZiad S. Ramadan, Dorothy P. Laftamme, Hui Xu
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for diagnosing impending diarrhea in an asymptomatic animal. The methods comprise obtaining a fecal sample from the animal; identifying one or more microorganisms in the fecal sample; and diagnosing impending diarrhea in the animal based on the presence or absence of one or more of the microorganisms.
Claims10
A method for diagnosing impending diarrhea in an asymptomatic animal comprising:
- obtaining a feral sample from the animal;
- identifying one or more microorganisms in the fecal sample, and
- diagnosing impending diarrhea in the animal based on (1) the presence of one or microorganisms selected from a first group consisting of Alistipes putredinis, Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, Bacteroides coprocola, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium spiroforme, Enterobacter hormaechei, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Helicobacter muridarum, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus saerimneri. Bulleidia p—1630_c5, Parabacterides distasonis, Ruminococcus gnavus, Ruminococcus torques, Streptococcus minor, and Streptococcus suis, (2) the absence of one or more of the microorganisms selected from a second group consisting of Acidaminococcus fermentans, Bacteroides coprophilus, Campylobacter upsaliensis, Clostridium hiranonis, Clostridium orbiseindens, Collinsella aerofaciens, Eubacterium dolichum, Megasphaera elsdenii, and Prevotella copri, or a combination thereof, or (3) a combination thereof.
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