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US 2026/0146298 A1Published application
Intestinal biomarkers for gut health in domesticated birds
AssigneeInternational N&H Denmark Aps
InventorsAlexander BEKELE-YITBAREK, Marion Bernardeau, Venessa Eeckhaut, Kirsty Gibbs, Filip Van Immerseel
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Abstract
Provided herein, inter alia, are methods for measuring and assessing intestinal health in poultry. The disclosed microbial biomarkers and associated methods for identifying and quantifying the same are reliable, rapid and, in some embodiments, non-invasive, and can be used to provide information with respect to the gut health of poultry, such as chickens.
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A method for quantifying one or more microorganism(s) from a domesticated bird at risk for or thought to be at risk for poor intestinal health comprising:
- quantifying the population of Candidatus Arthromitus microorganisms in a sample from the bird, wherein the sample is a fecal or an intestinal content sample.
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