Monoclonal antibody based progesterone assay for early pregnancy diagnosis in cattle

Scientists developed: Dr. V. Thiagarajan and Dr. V.D. Padmanaban

Product technology

Development of monoclonal antibody to reproductive hormone progesterone and estimation of the hormone in the milk using the Mabs in Dipstick ELISA and Latex Agglutination Test to detect the pregnancy / non pregnancy status of cows.

Product presentation

Dipstick ELISA

• Progesterone monoclonal antibody
  
• Progesterone labeled HRPO
  
• Nitrocellulose membrane

LAT : Latex beads coated with progesteroneMabs

Product Utility    

Progesterone assay is to be done on milk samples collected from lactating cows from 21 to 24 days post breeding.The pregnancy/non pregnancy status of the animal will be identified around 24 days after breeding. The accuracy of the test is 100% in detecting non-pregnancy and 80-90% pregnant cows.

For further details contact

Dept. of Animal Biotechnology,
Madras Veterinary College,
TANUVAS. Chennai - 600 007.