Method for monitoring mammalian reproductive cycles
Abstract
A method for monitoring mammalian reproductive cycles by monitoring variations in the quantity of one or more low molecular weight volatile compound having a molecular weight of less than 50 grams per mole present in a body constituent sample is disclosed. Samples of a body constituent selected from the group of humoral fluid, breath and body cavity air are collected from a female mammal a multiple number of times during the reproductive cycle. The quantity of a low molecular weight volatile compound in each sample is measured. In the preferred embodiment, the low molecular weight volatile compound, acetaldehyde, will be measured and monitored. Variations in the quantity of the low molecular weight volatile compound appearing in each sample is monitored to determine the phase of the mammal's reproductive cycle and to predict the occurrence of ovulation.
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436/65436/128
436/161
436/181
436/900
436/906
600/551
A61B 10/0012
G01N 33/5308
Y10S 436/906
Y10S 436/90
Y10T 436/200833
Y10T 436/25875
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Citation
Klemm, William Robert; Rivard, Germain Francois (1998). Method for monitoring mammalian reproductive cycles. United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /176582.