US 6,287,254 B1 · Animal health diagnosis

Abstract

Laboratory test data are analyzed in relation to the health assessment data of an animal together with the genetic data related to that same animal. These data are relevant to the likely morbidity, likely longevity, and/or the potential risk for disease or disorder for the animal, including temperament, immune stimulation and cellular inflammatory response mediators, markers for neoplastic or paraneoplastic change, inherited organ dysfunction or dysplasia, autoimmune thyroiditis, mammary cancer, immune surveillance markers, and inherited bleeding tendency. A panel of tests relates to at least one of endocrine function, immunologic function, gastrointestinal function and nutritional analysis, inborn errors of metabolism, paternity, DNA fingerprinting, hemostasis and coagulation function, vaccinal antibody status, adverse and potential adverse vaccine reaction, infectious diseases, pathology, blood typing and bone marrow analysis, cell cytotoxicity, cytokine and allergy testing, and markers of neoplastic and paraneoplastic change.

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Dependent claims

A veterinary diagnostic method of health profiling a selected subject animal to enhance the quality of life or extend the lifespan of the selected animal, the animal being non-livestock, comprising:

a) obtaining the
i) genetic data of the selected animal, the genetic data including at least one of the data relating to genetic mapping, genetic background, or genetic screening related to the selected animal;
and
ii) phenotype health assessment data of the selected animal;
b) using a computer program, combining the genetic data and the phenotype health assessment data to determine a relationship between the genetic data and the phenotype health assessment data;
c) selecting from b) at least one of:
i) the data relating to the temperament of the selected animal;
ii) the data relating to the lifespan of the selected animal;
or
iii) a physiologic or genetic marker for autoimmune thyroiditis or thyroid dysfunction of the selected animal;
and
d) analyzing the selection of the data of c), the analysis including an evaluation of health, disease or disorder probabilities to thereby enhance the quality of life or extend the lifespan of the selected animal, the selected animal being at least one of a selected animal family, selected animal breed, selected animal grouping, or selected animal species.

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