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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Joy Parr Drach, Pontiac, IL (US);
Mitchell Hockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stefano Bresolin, Garner, NC (US);
Erik J Jensen, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Tobias M. Heineck, Durham, NC (US);
Jasper N. Pollard, Durham, NC (US);
Deborah Asion, Durham, NC (US);
Rodolfo R. Rodriguez, Cary, NC (US);
David A. Calderwood, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Norah Gerow Bate, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Richard Sink, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jorge Carlos Correa, Raleigh, NC (US);
Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of identifying an animal for which antibiotic treatment, anti-infective treatment, probiotic treatment, immunostimulant treatment, additional monitoring and/or a separate or alternative management strategy is appropriate, comprising: a) collecting a sample from said animal; b) performing a leukocyte differential cell count on said sample; c) comparing said leukocyte differential cell count of (b) with an index of infection; and d) initiating antibiotic treatment, anti-infective treatment, probiotic treatment, immunostimulant treatment, additional monitoring and/or a separate or alternative management strategy of said animal on the basis of said comparing step.