Inventors:
Mark Colgin - Castle Rock CO, US
Diane Newman - Castle Rock CO, US
Cathy Landmann - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Jay W. Roth - Golden CO, US
Roger Hurst - Castle Rock CO, US
Thomas R. Hansen - Fort Collins CO, US
Kathleen Jeanette Austin - Laramie WY, US
Assignee:
AspenBio Pharma, Inc. - Castle Rock CO
University of Wyoming - Laramie WY
International Classification:
G01N 33/53, G01N 33/543, G01N 33/558
US Classification:
436510, 435 721, 435 724, 435 78, 435 792, 435 794, 435 795, 435 7021, 435331, 435335, 435343, 4352872, 4352877, 4352879, 435806, 436514, 436518, 436530, 436 65, 436164, 436807, 436814, 436906, 600551, 600 35
Abstract:
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 non-pregnant 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-τ-induced protein in a sample from a female animal. The tests of this invention are useful for testing cells, blood, plasma, serum, cells, milk, nasal secretions, ocular secretions, vaginal secretions, urine, and saliva samples. The tests provided by this invention are immunoassays.