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Methane Measuring Tool (Methane Program)

Project start date: 06 April 2011
Project end date: 30 October 2015
Publication date: 30 October 2015
Project status: Completed
Livestock species: Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle

Summary

​This Company Managed Activity (CMA) covers patent costs for PCT/AU2012/000784 System, Method and Device for Measuring a Gas in the Stomach of a Mammal and related applications.  Lodged and jointly paid for by Meat & Livestock Australia Limited and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial, Research Organization (CSIRO) and Australian Wool Innovation Limited.   This IP protection was sought, whilst we built a intra-ruminal gas measuring device prototype and sought partnering interest.   The tool is currently used as a research tool, to assess methane reducing technologies, however, is unlikely to be a commercial tool, thus the patent application was withdrawn.