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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Brown, Dartmouth, CA;
Bill Pohajdak, Dartmouth, CA;
Janet Horrocks, Dundee, GB;
Leslie McLaren, Truro, CA;
Assignee:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an immunocontraceptive vaccine composition comprising a teleost homolog of zona pellucida (TH-ZP), together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier, for reducing or preventing fertilization in a fish, and a method for its use. Also disclosed is immunocontraceptive vaccine composition comprising an antigen from an inner perivitelline layer (IPVL), together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier, for reducing or preventing fertilization in a bird, and a method for its use.