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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Center), Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Inventor:
Itzhak Mizrahi, LeHavim, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/741 (2015.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A23K 50/10 (2016.01); A23K 50/60 (2016.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/744 (2015.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/06 (2013.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.05); A23K 50/10 (2016.05); A23K 50/60 (2016.05); A61K 9/0031 (2013.01); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 35/741 (2013.01); A61K 35/744 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); A61K 2035/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining the feed efficiency and methane production of a ruminating animal comprising analyzing the number and/or diversity of a bacterial taxon of a microbiome of the animal or of a gene content of said microbiome, wherein a number and/or diversity of said taxon below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production, or a number of genes below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production.