PBD Biotech and its diagnostic Actiphage have been recognised by the veterinary, dairy and farming industries with awards for innovation.
A new test that has the potential to eradicated bovine TB (bTB) and Johne’s Disease has gained PBD Biotech a shortlisting in the Agri-Tech Innovator of the Year of the British Farming Awards.
Actiphage®, a rapid, accurate test for tuberculosis that detects the presence of the live mycobacteria in a sample of blood or milk, has been awarded the Innovation Award 2021 (15th February 2021) by Veterinary Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA).
Actiphage, the rapid diagnostic for Bovine TB and Johne’s Disease, has been short-listed for the Vet Record Innovation Award 2021. The award is for an innovation that has brought about – or has the potential to bring about – a change or improvement in any aspect of veterinary practice.
Allowing farmers with Official Tuberculosis Free (OTF) status to use APHA approved but currently un-validated tests for Bovine TB (bTB) is one of the recommendations of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in its recent policy statement. PBD Biotech, developers of Actiphage, a rapid blood test for bTB, have welcomed this ‘one health’ approach as it empowers farmers and their vets to improve biosecurity on their farms.
The dairy industry has presented The Cream Award for Innovation to PBD Biotech for its rapid Actiphage® test, which can detect both bovine TB and Johne’s disease infections from a single sample of blood or milk.
PBD Biotech has been awarded The West Suffolk Award for Innovation for its rapid accurate blood test, which, by detecting TB in humans and animals at early stage, will help to eradicate this devastating disease.
PBD Biotech has been presented the 2019 Royal Dairy Innovation Award for their rapid Actiphage® diagnostic by HRH The Princess Royal at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
PBD Biotech, rapid diagnostic company, one of just 35 companies from across the East of England shortlisted for the Business Weekly Awards.
PBD Biotech’s novel Actiphage® testing technology was crowned winner of the Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Dairy-Tech 2019.
PBD Biotech’s novel Actiphage® testing technology was crowned winner of the Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Dairy-Tech 2019
PBD Biotech is delighted that its novel Actiphage® testing technology has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Royal Dairy Innovation Award, to be presented at this year’s Dairy-Tech (6 February 2019).
PBD Biotech Ltd, a Suffolk, UK-based company, has won the top Innovation award for Crop or Livestock technology at the Ag-in-Motion Expo in Saskatoon, Canada.
PBD Biotech Ltd
Link House, Elm Farm Park,
Great Green, Thurston,
Suffolk IP31 3SH,
United Kingdom
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Ingenuity Centre,
University of Nottingham,
Innovation Park, Triumph Rd,
Nottingham NG7 2TU,
United Kingdom
Health Protection Scotland has launched a consultation on bovine tuberculosis diagnostic testing - but only the skin test? Why not the use of a blood test, pre-movement to keep Scotland OTF status by detecting early infection? @P_H_S_Official @BritishVets
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