| Patent No: | AU2020233121 [Australia] | Application No: | AU2020233121 |
| Title: | A non-invasive paper based device for pregnancy detection in cattle and buffaloes | ||
| Issue Date: | 19-12-2024 | File Date: | 05-03-2020 |
| Inventor(s): | Umapathy, Govindhaswamy; Asthana, Amit; Chintalagiri, Mohan Rao; Kumar, Vinod; Gopi, Suresh | ||
| IPC Classification: | G01N003300 | ||
| Abstract: | The present invention discloses a kit and a novel method of extraction of a progesterone metabolite from feces/dung sample. The present invention also discloses a paper-based microfluidic device for detection of the progesterone metabolite for early determination of pregnancy in cattle and buffaloes. The invention further discloses antibodies developed against said metabolite, method of extraction, methods for fabricating the paper-based microfluidic devices and methods for inexpensive, rapid and non-invasive determination of pregnancy in early stages in cattle and buffaloes. |
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