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(43) Date of publication: 01.12.2021 Bulletin 2021/48 (21) Application number: 20744304.5 (22) Date of filing: 22.01.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01M 29/12(2011.01) A01N 59/06(2006.01) A01N 35/06(2006.01) A01N 59/16(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A01M 29/12; A01N 35/06; A01N 59/06; A01N 59/16 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/014593 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/154389 (30.07.2020 Gazette 2020/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 23.01.2019 US 201962796051 P (71) Applicants: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture Washington, DC 20250 (US) Arkion Life Sciences LLC New Castle, DE 19720 (US)

(72) Inventors: BALLINGER, JR., Kenneth E. Kennett Square, PA 19348 (US) WERNER, Scott J. Wellington, CO 80549 (US) (74) Representative: Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP  Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU Bristol BS1 6HU (GB)