Patents Assigned to Milk Development Council
  • Patent number: 6683071
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the initiation of oestrus and ovulation early postpartum, especially but not exclusively, in dairy cows which comprises supplying a prostaglandin post partum and subsequently treating with a progesterone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignees: The University of Nottingham, Milk Development Council
    Inventor: George Eric Lamming
  • Patent number: 6602676
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of predicting pregnancy, particularly, in a cow, the method comprising taking a milk sample from the cow in which a milk progesterone concentration of >3 ng ml−1 by Day 4 post insemination is indicative that the animal is pregnant. The invention also relates to methods of improving pregnancy success by timely supply of progesterone or a functional equivalent thereof (progestagen); to methods of assessing suitability for progesterone replacement therapy; and to methods of embryo transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Milk Development Council, University of Nottingham
    Inventor: G. Eric Lamming