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Diagnostic Services

diagnostic servicesMoredun Scientific run a range of diagnostic assays to support our Animal Health clients including virus isolation, antibody ELISA ,serum neutralisation tests (SNT)and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays. The assays can be conducted as part of a regulatory study as required.

 In house assays:

Species

Infectious agent

Assay description

Cattle

Bovine herpes virus           - Type 1 (BHV1)

Antibody ELISA, SNT,              virus isolation, RT PCR

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV)

Antibody ELISA, SNT,              virus isolation, RT PCR

Bovine Virus Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV)

Antibody ELISA, SNT,              virus isolation, RT PCR

Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PI3)                             

Antibody ELISA, SNT,              virus isolation, RT PCR

Mannheimia haemolytica

Indirect haemagglutination assay.

Sheep

Orf virus
 

Antibody ELISA

Chlamydophila abortus(ovine enzootic abortion)           

Antibody ELISA

Border Disease Virus

Antibody ELISA

 

Commercial assays: the portfolio of assays available to our clients can be extended through the use of commercially available assays for all species of livestock, e.g. Blue tongue, Coronavirus, Rotavirus as required.

Custom assay development and validation: our experienced staff can provide a custom assay development service to meet your specific requirements.

Immunohistochemistry analysis: our service uses polyclonal antibodies on tissue sections from post-mortem samples from livestock infected with various pathogenic viruses, bacteria and parasites.

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Publications

A number of our studies have been published in partnership with our clients. Learn more

Moredun Research Institute

Moredun has scientific expertise in Virology, Bacteriology and Parasitology and many other scientific disciplines. Find out more


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