Patents Assigned to Agri-Food Biosciences Institute
  • Diagnostic test for virus
    Patent number: 9702016
    Abstract: Unique Avian Nephritis Virus (ANV) nucleic acid sequences have been determined. Primers and probes have been developed using the isolated nucleic acid sequences and a reverse transcription PCR has been developed to detect the presence of ANV in commercial flocks. Furthermore, use of the nucleic acid sequences and amino acids sequences encoded therefrom and antibodies to said amino acids is discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
    Inventors: Danny Todd, Victoria Smyth, Brian Adair
  • Oligonucleotides for detecting chicken astrovirus
    Patent number: 8617850
    Abstract: There is provided an oligonucleotide sequence capable of binding to a portion of a CAstV genome, wherein the oligonucleotide sequence has binding specificity to the precapsid region of CAstV or to cDNA of the precapsid region. The oligonucleotide sequence can be one of a primer pair for use in a method for detecting the presence of CAstV in a biological sample by reverse transcription followed by amplification of the reverse transcription products using such primer pair, or a method for amplifying CAstV cDNA using such primer pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Agri-Food Biosciences Institute
    Inventors: Daniel Todd, Victoria Jane Smyth
  • FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20130217735
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of preparing compositions of active fungicidal ingredients. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to improve fungicide penetration into the plant tissue, reduce fungicide volatility and drift, decrease water solubility of the fungicides, and introduce additional biological function to fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Louise R. Cooke