Credit: Farmers Weekly NZ - Article written by Gerald Piddock, September 19, 2024

The following article will be of interest to alpaca owners in New Zealand who test for Bovine Tb in order to exhibit their alpacas at A&P shows around NZ or to those who require Tb testing as part of the process for exporting alpaca...

A new, rapid and cost-effective test for bovine tuberculosis is being developed by Otago University could cut diagnosis times from 72 hours to about an hour.

The three-year project has just received $1 million in funding in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest Endeavour Fund investment round.

While it is a three-year project, the science behind it is well developed and the team is optimistic a prototype could be ready in 18 months.

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