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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Robert George Brown, Dartmouth, CA;
Marc Mansour, Halifax, CA;
Bill Pohajdak, Dartmouth, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Immunovaccine Technologies Inc., Halifax, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides immunocontraceptive vaccines comprising a zona pellucida (ZP) polypeptide, and/or a variant thereof, from a carnivorous mammal such as cat, dog, ferret or mink. Such vaccines are useful in reducing fertility of cats and/or dogs.