[EN] MODIFICATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN ANIMALS AND PEST CONTROL<br/>[FR] MODIFICATION DU COMPORTEMENT SEXUEL DES ANIMAUX ET LUTTE ANTIPARASITAIRE
申请人:HORTICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH
公开号:WO2000059545A1
公开(公告)日:2000-10-12
This invention comprises methods of modifying sexual behaviour in animals, and of use of these methods in pest control. The methods of the invention involve disrupting the function of a pheromone recognition area of the brain of an animal, specifically the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Compositions useful in the methods of the invention and are also provided. Compositions of the invention comprise antibody-cytotoxin and pheromone-cytotoxin conjugates. Useful cytotoxins include ricin A chain and domoic acid. Useful pheromones include those structurally related to dodecyl acetate including dodecyl acetate itself and (Z)-7-dodecen-1-yl acetate. Useful antibodies include monoclonal antibodies raised to the NMDAR1 sub-chain of the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) glutamate receptor which is present on the VNO.