US 7,524,651 B2
	Assay methods for detection of a virus in an avian tissue sample
Venugopal K. Nair, Compton (United Kingdom); Susan Jean Baigent, Compton (United Kingdom); and Richard John William Currie, Ayrshire (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Wyeth, Madison, N.J. (US)
Appl. No. 10/530,073 PCT Filed Oct. 14, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/11360 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 08, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/035821, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 0223960.6 (GB), filed on Oct. 15, 2002; and application No. 0312241.3 (GB), filed on May 29, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0269910 A1, Nov. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 435—91.2  [435/5; 435/6; 435/91.32; 435/91.33; 424/229.1]

15 Claims

1. A method of detecting a virus in an avian tissue sample comprising: extracting genetic material from an avian tissue sample; and testing the extracted genetic material to detect any genetic material from the virus; characterised in that the avian tissue sample is derived from one or more feathers of the axillary tract.