Method and apparatus for detecting conception in animals
AssigneeConcepto Diagnostics, Inc.
InventorsNancy Tommye Jordan, John Douglas Jordan
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Abstract
The present invention provides antibodies which specifically bind early conception factor, which can be found in body fluids of animals including but not limited to the cow, cat, dog, horse, human, sheep, and pig. The invention provides methods for detecting conception or the absence of conception in an animal, the latter being recognized by the absence of early conception factor in a suitable body fluid collected from the animal. Apparati for detecting early conception factor in a body fluid from an animal comprising the antibodies which specifically bind early conception factor are also provided.
Claims12
A method for detecting conception in an animal comprising:
- a) contacting a fluid or tissue sample from the animal with an antibody that specifically binds early conception factor under conditions whereby the antibody can bind to early conception factor, and wherein earl conception factor has a molecular weight from about 190,000 daltons to about 205,000 daltons;
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- b) detecting binding of the antibody to the sample, wherein detecting the binding indicates the presence of early conception factor in the sample and conception in the animal.
A method for detecting early conception factor in an animal comprising the steps of:
- a) contacting a sample from the animal with an antibody that specifically binds early conception factor under conditions hereby the antibody can bind early conception factor protein present in the sample and wherein early conception factor has a molecular weight from about 190,000 daltons to about 205,000 daltons;
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- b) detecting binding of the antibody to early conception factor, wherein the binding indicates the presence of early conception factor in the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.