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Dan Wilson

“An asset for our company”

By BioChek On September 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In BEAR, BioChek, Poultry, Software, Swine
Starting 18 months ago, all ELISA tests at Rose Acre Farms Laboratory have been conducted with the BioChek Elisa Assay Robot (BEAR). Dan Wilson is the poultry veterinarian at Rose Acre Farms. He considers the BEAR to be an asset for Rose Acre Farms, as it greatly helps with monitoring the health of the flocks. [...]
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Joaquim Segales

“Investing more in international research is not a superfluous luxury”

By BioChek On September 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In PCV2, Swine
Proper monitoring and controlling of animal diseases demand sound, high-quality research. Not only for the health of animals, but the international public health as well. Zoonoses are a serious problem. One of the most prominent research institutes devoted to animal health is the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, or CReSA in Barcelona. We talked [...]
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Barend van Dam

President’s Column

By BioChek On September 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In BioChek, Column
Barend van Dam, MSc, director of BioChek One of the greatest examples of serendipity is undoubtedly the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in September 1928. A discovery for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine years later together with Ernst Chain and Howard Florey. The effects of penicillin were unprecedented. In [...]
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Aviagen’s new testing system means fewer false-positive Mycoplasma results

By BioChek On September 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In Poultry
Three years ago, the serum plate agglutination (SPA) test was Aviagen®’s gold standard for detecting Mycoplasma. The SPA test method produced excellent results for but had one disadvantage; it regularly produced false-positive results for Mycoplasma Synoviae (Ms). The false positive meant additional testing and more work and was reason enough for the veterinary team at [...]
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BioChek Bulletin 2

Foreword Bulletin 2

By BioChek On September 13, 2016 · Add Comment · In BioChek, Foreword
Keeping animals healthy, guaranteeing animal welfare and controlling contagious zoonotic diseases… we work on these objectives daily. In the sheds, the laboratory… animal health is a central focus everywhere. The starting point is that every measure must be taken to prevent diseases. After all, prevention is always better than healing. It involves sound research into [...]
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