Treatment of infection in animals
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsMarie-Louise Baillon, Catriona Julie Giffard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a non-digestible carbohydrate in the manufacture of a composition for treating or preventing pathogenic bacteria in the large intestine of a pet animal. It also provides a method for the prevention or treatment of a pathogenic bacteria in the large intestine of a pet animal, the method comprising administering to said pet animal a composition which comprises a non-digestible carbohydrate.
Claims6
A method for treating a pathogenic Campylobacter, Escherichia coli or Salmonella bacteria in a large intestine of a dog or cat, the method comprising the step of administering to the dog or cat a pet food product comprising of a non-digestible carbohydrate which is,
- a) a dietary fiber source selected from the group consisting of coconut endosperm fiber, beet pulp, citrus pulp, rice bran, carob bean or gum talha and combinations thereof, and/or
- b) an oligosaccharide selected from the group consisting of galactooligosaccharide, maltooligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide, raffinose and combinations thereof,
- wherein the pet food product is administered to deliver the non-digestible carbohydrate of a) and/or b), in an amount sufficient to treat the pathogenic Campylobacter, Escherichia coli or Salmonella bacteria in the large intestine of the dog or cat.
The method of 1, wherein the pathogenic bacteria is Campylobacter jejuni and the non-digestible carbohydrate comprises a galactooligosaccharide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.