Patents Assigned to Her Majestry the Queen in right of New Zealand through the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
  • Stable forms of antigenic Taenia ovis polypeptides
    Patent number: 5366728
    Abstract: Stable forms of Taenia ovis peptide antigens, such as portions of a T. ovis oncosphere antigen which runs as a 47-52 kDa doublet, are suitable for use in vaccines to protect ruminants against infection by cestode parasites. The antigens are preferably obtained by isolation and expression of the DNA encoding them in recombinant host cells. Aspects of the invention include DNA encoding T. ovis antigens, vectors containing such DNA and host cells which express the T. ovis antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignees: Pitman-Moore New Zealand Limited, The University of Melbourne, Her Majestry the Queen in right of New Zealand through the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
    Inventors: Gavin B. L. Harrison, Robert P. Dempster, Michael D. Rickard, Marshall W. Lightowlers, David D. Heath, Stephen B. Lawrence, Kim L. O'Hoy