Michelle M Hutton

US Patent:

20060008815, Jan 12, 2006

Filed:

Oct 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/972767

Inventors:

David Rosenfeld - Sacramento CA, US
Richard Kerr - Davis CA, US
Michelle Hutton - Davis CA, US
Sue DeNise - Davis CA, US
Stephen Bates - Davis CA, US

Assignee:

Metamorphix, Inc. - Savage MD

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68

US Classification:

435006000

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for managing companion animal subjects in order to maximize their individual health and potential performance and to maximize profits obtained in breeding and marketing the companion animal subjects. The methods and systems draw an inference of a phenotype for a genetic trait of a companion animal subject by determining the nucleotide occurrence of at least one companion animal SNP that is determined to be associated with the phenotype. The methods and systems described can be utilized to identify individual animals, determine or verify parentage of a single dog from any breed if the putative parent(s) are also available for testing, and are associated with, and predictive of, canine breeds. The inference is used in some aspects to diagnose a health condition or predisposition of a companion animal subject.

US Patent:

20090162859, Jun 25, 2009

Filed:

Oct 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/288949

Inventors:

David Rosenfeld - Sacramento CA, US
Richard Kerr - Davis CA, US
Michelle Hutton - Davis CA, US
Sue K. DeNise - Davis CA, US
Stephen Bates - Davis CA, US
Dennis Fantin - Danville CA, US

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68
C12M 1/34

US Classification:

435 6, 4352872

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for managing companion animal subjects in order to maximize their individual health and potential performance and to maximize profits obtained in breeding and marketing the companion animal subjects. The methods and systems draw an inference of a phenotype for a genetic trait of a companion animal subject by determining the nucleotide occurrence of at least one companion animal SNP that is determined to be associated with the phenotype. The methods and systems described can be utilized to identify individual animals, determine or verify parentage of a single dog from any breed if the putative parent(s) are also available for testing, and are associated with, and predictive of, canine breeds. The inference is used in some aspects to diagnose a health condition or predisposition of a companion animal subject.