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Johne's Disease testing service launched by PBD Biotech

Is there Johne’s Disease in the herd? New rapid testing service provides yes/no answer

The service uses Actiphage to detect the presence of live mycobacteria in a sample of blood or bulk milk.

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08/04/2022
Heartbreak & Hope

Agri-TechExpress with PBD Biotech – Heartbreak and hope – the story of a new diagnostic for bovine TB

Bovine TB has devastated the dairy industry. The current ‘test and cull’ regime has failed to eradicate the disease and comes at a high price to the taxpayer, herds and badgers.

Jonnie Yewdall, a former diary farmer, will describe: the impact of this disease on farmers and the industry; how a new test called Actiphage – that uses novel phage technology – offers a new approach to identifying carriers of the disease; the validation process and how improved disease management could eradicate not just bovine TB but also the wasting disease Johne’s.

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06/07/2021
eradicating Bovine TB

Eradicating Bovine TB – new tool shows promise

Bovine TB and Johne’s Disease are two devastating livestock diseases. PBD Biotech’s diagnostic Actiphage® is an accurate and specific blood test for these diseases.

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03/06/2021
Heartbreak & Hope

Heartbreak & Hope in the fight against bovine TB

Hear about development of an improved diagnostic for bTB and Johne’s Disease on 6th July

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27/05/2021

PBD Biotech secures £2.3m funding for OIE validation of its rapid, accurate bovine TB test

PBD Biotech gains £2.3m funding to take Actiphage through to OIE validation, a requirement for international adoption of this diagnostic for mycobacterial diseases including bTB, Johne’s Disease and human TB

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26/03/2021
Mark Hammond, CEO of PBD Biotech

Top innovation award for Actiphage, rapid tuberculosis test

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 by Veterinary Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

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16/02/2021
Robert Price-Jones first trial of Actiphage for bovine TB

As bovine TB reaches record levels in Wales permission is given for first trial of PBD Biotech’s Actiphage® blood test

Vet Robert Price-Jones comments in a BBC interview that the blood test Actiphage offers the potential for eradicating bovine TB from the farm: “Early identification of animals at risk of bovine TB enables effective disease management and control.”

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03/01/2020
PBD Biotech win Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2019

Actiphage test wins UK Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2019

PBD Biotech’s Actiphage technology wins Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2019

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08/02/2019
Response to Godfray TB review, cows, cattle

Actiphage is ‘additional test’ farmers want to use, says Godfray TB review

Dr Berwyn Clarke, CEO of TB-test developers PBD Biotech, responds to the Godfray Review of the Government’s bovine TB strategy, which highlights the company’s Actiphage diagnostic as an additional test to help tackle the disease.

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13/11/2018

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