Treatment of infection in animals
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to the use of a non-digestible carbohydrate in the manufacture of a composition for treating or preventing pathogenic bacteria in the large intestine of a pet animal. It also provides a method for the prevention or treatment of a pathogenic bacteria in the large intestine of a pet animal, the method comprising administering to said pet animal a composition which comprises a non-digestible carbohydrate.
1. A method for treating a pathogenic Campylobacter, Escherichia coli or Salmonella bacteria in a large intestine of a dog or cat, the method comprising the step of administering to the dog or cat a pet food product comprising of a non-digestible carbohydrate which is,
a) a dietary fiber source selected from the group consisting of coconut endosperm fiber, beet pulp, citrus pulp, rice bran, carob bean or gum talha and combinations thereof, and/or
b) an oligosaccharide selected from the group consisting of galactooligosaccharide, maltooligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide, raffinose and combinations thereof,
wherein the pet food product is administered to deliver the non-digestible carbohydrate of a) and/or b), in an amount sufficient to treat the pathogenic Campylobacter, Escherichia coli or Salmonella bacteria in the large intestine of the dog or cat.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pathogenic bacteria is Campylobacter jejuni or Salmonella enterica.
3. The method of 1 , wherein the pathogenic bacteria is Campylobacter jejuni and the non-digestible carbohydrate comprises a galactooligosaccharide.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pathogenic bacteria is Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and the non-digestible carbohydrate comprises a galactooligosaccharide.
5. The method of claim 3 or 4 wherein the pet food is administered in an amount sufficient to cause a decrease in intestinal pH thereby treating the pathogenic bacteria.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pathogenic bacteria is Campylobacter jejuni and the non-digestible carbohydrate comprises a coconut endosperm fiber.