ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,424, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"In vitro method for detecting avian intestinal dysbiosis" was invented by Stefan Pelzer (Gutersloh, Germany), Monika Flugel (Steinhagen, Germany), Sarah Hark (Gutersloh, Germany), Evy Goossens (Wachtebeke, Belgium), Filip Van Immerseel (Eke, Belgium), Richard Ducatelle (Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium), Lieven Van Meulebroek (Zottegem, Belgium) and Lynn Vanhaecke (Balegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to an in vitro method for detecting avian intestinal dysbiosis, the method comprising determining the presence and/or level of ...