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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Stephen Davis, Hamilton, NZ;
Colin George Prosser, Matangi, NZ;
Gina Diane Nicholas, Hamilton, NZ;
Julian Lee, Palmerston, North, NZ;
Alan Leedham Hart, Palmerston, North, NZ;
Vicki Clare Farr, Matangi, NZ;
Stephen Davis, Hamilton, NZ;
Colin George Prosser, Matangi, NZ;
Gina Diane Nicholas, Hamilton, NZ;
Julian Lee, Palmerston, North, NZ;
Alan Leedham Hart, Palmerston, North, NZ;
Vicki Clare Farr, Matangi, NZ;
New Zealand Pastoral Agricultural Research Institute, Hamilton, NZ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting mastitis in an animal, characterized by the steps of collecting milk from the animal, and assaying the milk for a substance produced in the animal in an anaerobic environment, and comparing the substance levels obtained with typical substance levels found in uninfected milk.