Animal health

Actiphage® is a rapid blood test for the mycobacteria that cause bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) and Johne’s disease. A new paper published in the journal of Microbial Biotechnology (3 December) describes how PBD Biotech developed the test.

Johne’s disease can be reliably detected in the blood of day-old calves for the first time using a new Actiphage® diagnostic system, it has been revealed by a UK-French team at the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (EAVLD) Congress...

Actiphage®, the new highly sensitive and specific blood test for bovine TB, has been accepted for exceptional private use in England, according to a recently published Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) protocol.

A new highly sensitive test has found 10 per cent of milk samples contain low levels of the pathogen, according to research due to published in Food Microbiology.