Patent ID: 8771675

Claim:
A method for producing a pet food, the method comprising: providing a probiotic; exposing the probiotic to a gastric juice; providing a model of a pet small intestine; introducing the probiotic and a pathogen into the model; measuring the amount of an anti-pathogenic metabolite produced by the probiotic; and adding the provided probiotic to an ingestible composition for pets in an amount sufficient to produce an effective anti-pathogenic metabolite, wherein the probiotic is a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCC 2766 (CNCM I-3848), Lactobacillus acidophilus NCC 2775 (CNCM I-3851), Lactobacillus acidophilus NCC 2628 (CNCM I-2453), Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 2777 (CNCM I-3852), Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 2767 (CNCM I-3849), Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 2774 (CNCM I-3850), and Lactobacillus salivarius NCC 2586 (CNCM I-3847).