Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Eden Ephraim

Dennis Edward Jewell

Jeffrey Brockman

Matthew Jackson

Christopher Waldy

Dennis Jewell

Disclosed herein is a pet food composition and methods of making a pet food composition using an extrusion process, wherein the resultant pet food composition comprises an enhanced level of resistant starch. The pet food compositions disclosed herein may increase the proportions of beneficial gastrointestinal bacteria, such asand, while decreasing deleterious bacteria such as. The improved microbial environment resulting from the pet food compositions disclosed herein having an enhanced level of resistant starch may lead to both improved gastrointestinal and psychobiotic health for the animal consuming the pet food composition.

Pet food composition and method of making pet food composition comprising enhanced levels of resistant starch

Methods of identifying canine subjects having an increased likelihood of developing elevated levels of 4-ethylphenyl sulfate, canine stress, canine anxiety and/or an inhibition of growth of beneficial microbes and promotion of growth of harmful microbes are disclosed. Methods comprise analyzing a biological sample obtained from the canine subject for the presence of two copies of a minor allele of the single nucleotide polymorphism BICF2P1175095 in a canine subject. Methods of treating the identified canine subjects by administering an effective amount of tomato pomace are also disclosed. Methods of treating canine subjects for elevated 4-EPS levels, canine anxiety or canine stress are disclosed. Canine food compositions that comprises tomato pomace are disclosed.

Compositions and methods of treating and reducing risk of conditions associated with elevated 4-ethylphenyl sulfate in canines and identifying canines at risk of such conditions

Compositions and methods of treating anxiety or stress in an animal are disclosed. Compositions and methods of reducing or preventing elevated levels of 4-EPS are disclosed. Compositions and methods for promoting growth of beneficial microbes in an animal's microbiome and inhibiting growth of non-beneficial microbes are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the animal an effective amount of n-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, insoluble fiber and soluble fiber in an effective ratio of insoluble fiber and soluble fiber. Compositions comprise effective amounts of n-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, insoluble fiber and soluble fiber in an effective ratio of insoluble fiber and soluble fiber.

Compositions and methods of treating and reducing risk of conditions associated with elevated 4-ethylphenyl sulfate

Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating anxiety or stress in an animal, for reducing elevated levels of 4-EPS in an animal with elevated 4-EPS levels, for preventing elevated levels of 4-EPS in an animal and for promoting growth of beneficial microbes in an animal's microbiome and inhibiting growth of non-beneficial microbes. The methods comprise administering to the animal an effective amount of soy protein and vitamin C. Compositions are disclosed which comprise amounts of soy protein and vitamin C effective for use in the methods.

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Lawrence, KS, United States of America

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