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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Nestec SA, Vevey, CH;

Inventors:

Rondo P Middleton, Creve Coeur, MO (US);

Brian M Zanghi, Ballwin, MO (US);

Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Semsales, CH;

Steven S Hannah, Chesterfield, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 50/40 (2016.01); A23K 50/42 (2016.01); A23K 20/00 (2016.01); A23K 20/105 (2016.01); A23K 10/00 (2016.01); A23K 50/48 (2016.01); A23K 20/111 (2016.01); A23K 20/142 (2016.01); A23K 20/147 (2016.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A23K 20/174 (2016.01); A23K 10/20 (2016.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 50/40 (2016.05); A23K 10/00 (2016.05); A23K 10/20 (2016.05); A23K 10/30 (2016.05); A23K 20/00 (2016.05); A23K 20/105 (2016.05); A23K 20/111 (2016.05); A23K 20/142 (2016.05); A23K 20/147 (2016.05); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 20/174 (2016.05); A23K 50/42 (2016.05); A23K 50/48 (2016.05);
Abstract

A specific type of digestibility in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility. The specific type of digestibility can be one or more of organic matter digestibility, dry matter digestibility, fiber digestibility, energy digestibility, fat digestibility, or protein digestibility.


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