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News: Rapid test for Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Posted by: JimEdwards on May 11, 2008 - 04:07 PM
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Source: Stackyard news
A rapid on-farm (“pen-side”) test for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is now available commercially.
Dr Nigel Ferris of the Institute for Animal Health’s Pirbright Laboratory has been collaborating with Svanova Biotech AB (Sweden) since 2002 to develop the test, which was launched in April. The small, hand-held “lateral flow” device involves the same technology as is used in home pregnancy tests. An extract of a small sample of tissue taken from an animal suspected of having FMD is spotted onto the bottom of the device. This then flows up the device. If FMDV is present in the sample, a line forms within 10 minutes.
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