GUT BIOMARKERS FOR THE GUT HEALTH OF POULTRY
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE602019079001
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2019-03-14
- Filing Date
- 2019-04-02
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2039-04-02
AI Technical Summary
Current methods for diagnosing intestinal health in poultry are invasive, subjective, and lack specific biomarkers for gut damage, making it difficult to monitor subclinical intestinal entities that affect performance.
A non-invasive method using a set of proteins (myeloid protein 1, fibronectin, annexin A5, nucleophosmin, carbonic anhydrase 2, aminopeptidase Ey, transthyretin, ovoinhibitor, and apolipoprotein A-1) quantified in intestinal content samples to assess gut health, correlating with markers such as villi shortening and inflammation.
Provides a reliable, rapid, and non-invasive means to diagnose gut health, correlating protein levels with intestinal health status, performance parameters, and macroscopic gut appearance, enabling effective monitoring and management of intestinal health issues in poultry.