	US 12,461,111 B2
	Intestinal and fecal biomarkers for intestinal health of poultry
Filip Van Immerseel, Eke (BE); Richard Ducatelle, Wortegem-Petegem (BE); Venessa Eeckhaut, Ruiselede (BE); Evy Goossens, Wachtebeke (BE); and Fien De Meyer, Wondelgem (BE)
Assigned to Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 17/048,911
Filed by Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058324 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/206585, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18168901 (EP), filed on Apr. 24, 2018; and application No. 19162944 (EP), filed on Mar. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160911 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/68 (2006.01)

CPC G01N 33/6893 (2013.01) [G01N 2333/465 (2013.01); G01N 2800/06 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a fecal sample or an intestinal content sample obtained from a domesticated bird, and quantifying a protein, or a fragment thereof, in the sample,

wherein the protein is selected from the group consisting of myeloid protein 1, ovoinhibitor, immunoglobulin lambda chain C region, and immunoglobulin lambda chain V-1 region.