Sally Furniss
Well-known member
Bird flu test being used on horses
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Bird-flu-test-being-used-on-horses/2007/09/12/1189276761193.html
A test developed for bird flu by the CSIRO and the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (AB-CRC) is being used to test horses for equine influenza (EI).
Equine Influenza is caused by a strain of influenza that is related to the strain which triggers bird flu.
AB-CRC chief executive Dr Stephen Prowse said the nucleic acid-based test could detect both strains of the bird flu virus as well as other strains of influenza virus and was completed in a few hours.
"A rapid diagnostic test for influenza ensures that appropriate control and containment measures are implemented quickly," he said.
The bird flu test was developed within the microbiologically secure environment of CSIRO Livestock Industries' Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong and was transferred to all major government veterinary laboratories in Australasia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Bird-flu-test-being-used-on-horses/2007/09/12/1189276761193.html
A test developed for bird flu by the CSIRO and the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (AB-CRC) is being used to test horses for equine influenza (EI).
Equine Influenza is caused by a strain of influenza that is related to the strain which triggers bird flu.
AB-CRC chief executive Dr Stephen Prowse said the nucleic acid-based test could detect both strains of the bird flu virus as well as other strains of influenza virus and was completed in a few hours.
"A rapid diagnostic test for influenza ensures that appropriate control and containment measures are implemented quickly," he said.
The bird flu test was developed within the microbiologically secure environment of CSIRO Livestock Industries' Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong and was transferred to all major government veterinary laboratories in Australasia.