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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Monty S. Kerley, Columbia, MO (US);
William Kolath, Calgary, CA;
Joseph Golden, Mountain Grove, MO (US);
Inventors:
Monty S. Kerley, Columbia, MO (US);
William Kolath, Calgary, CA;
Joseph Golden, Mountain Grove, MO (US);
Assignee:
The University of Missouri System, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 67/027 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/26 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for managing livestock for breeding or production based on one or more measurements of mitochondrial function. Measurement of mitochondrial function may also be correlated with a calculated or known feed efficiency of livestock animals to yield a predicted feed efficiency for the animal. The invention overcomes deficiencies associated with phenotypic assays for predicted breeding and production value.