Pregnancy detection
CA 2483958 A1 · Owner: Austin, Kathleen Jeanette · Inventors: Newman, Diane; Hurst, Roger; Colgin, Mark
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This invention provides methods and compositions for testing for pregnancy and non-pregnancy in ungulates and, non-hoofed ruminates. The tests provided by this invention are useful during a time that coincides with the estrus cycle during which breeding occurs or the first estrus cycle after breeding of a nonpregnant animal. The tests provided by this invention are useful in estrus and ovulation synchronization programs with pregnancy , testing useful at a time allowing for resynchronization of non-pregnant animals within the first estrus cycle. The tests provided by this invention assay for the presence, absence or level of, a selected IFN-.tau.-induced protein in a sample from a female …
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- Filed May 2, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 2, 2023.
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