METHOD OF ANTI LHRH IMMUNONEUTRALIZATION OF NON-CASTRATED MALE ANIMALS AND PEPTIDE THEREFORE

• Main Authors: CHOUVET, CLAIRE, DUFOUR, RAYMOND, BONNEAU, MICHEL BERNARD, ROULET, CLAUDE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 14.10.1992
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CHEMISTRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING

The process for improving the organoleptic qualities, in particular the odour, savour and tenderness, of meat from non-castrated male domestic animals comprises, shortly before slaughtering the animal concerned, the suppression of the action of androgenic and nonandrogenic steriods by active or passive anti-LHRH immunoneutralisation while maintaining, and up to slaughtering, the advantages linked to the male characteristics of the animal. The vaccines comprise, as peptide, natural LHRH or a peptide of formula Trp - Ser - Tyr - Gly - Leu - Arg - Pro - Gly - NH2, coupled to an immunogenic carrier protein.