Compositions and methods for detecting animal byproduct in feed
AssigneeStrategic Diagnostics Inc.
InventorsMark T. Muldoon, Dale V. Onisk, Michael C. Brown, Christina Straughen, James W. Stave
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Abstract
Analytes and ligands for detecting animal byproduct in agricultural samples such as animal feed to minimize the transmission of prion pathogens into food products consumed by humans. The analyte is a component of rendered animal byproduct such as meat and bone meal (MBM). An antibody specific for the analyte is produced by immunizing an animal with MBM or an immunogenic component of MBM that is found in rendered animal product.
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A method comprising:
- combining a sample suspected of containing rendered animal byproduct with a ligand having binding affinity for an analyte for a time and under conditions effective to cause at least some analyte, if present, to bind with at least some ligand to form a complex,
- determining existence or nonexistence of the complex,
- correlating the existence or nonexistence of the complex to determine presence or absence of analyte in the sample;
- wherein the analyte is a component of rendered animal byproduct.
A method of making an antibody that is immunoreactive with a rendered animal byproduct or a component thereof, comprising administering to an animal a composition comprising an immunogen in such an amount and under such conditions as to cause an immune response in the animal, wherein the immunogen comprises a molecule or substance having one or more structural components with the same immunoreactivity as a component of the rendered animal byproduct.
An antibody selected from the antibodies designated 244C1 and 244C2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.