VetMAX-Gold Trich Detection Kit

T. foetus is a sexually transmitted disease that causes embryonic loss and infertility, resulting in significant economic loss within the cattle industry due to open (nonpregnant) and late-calving cows.

Bulls are the carrier of T. foetus and show no outward signs of this untreatable infection. In order to effectively manage this disease, it’s crucial for bulls to undergo diagnostic testing before females are exposed to the bulls.

The approval of the VetMAX™-Gold Trich Detection Kit is based on the successful completion of the USDA’s stringent review process, which confirms both the effectiveness of our real-time PCR test and the compliance of the production and quality systems within our manufacturing site.

Veterinary diagnosticians have relied on our molecular reagents and instrumentation to detect and control disease, and now with our VetMAX™-Gold Trich product they have a federally approved diagnostic test for T.foetus containing all the necessary reagents and controls in a single detection kit.

Culture-based testing for T.foetus requires the collection of up to three cultures during a three-week period. This demands a considerable investment of time into a process that can potentially impact accuracy, the bottom line, and the welfare of an animal.

An alternative to the culture testing method, VetMAX™-Gold Trich Detection Kits use a real-time PCR technology that only requires a single sample to arrive at a rapid result.

The test process:

• Is less invasive and less dangerous for animal and handler
• Helps improve workflow efficiency, quality control, and reproducibility across labs
• Enables pooling of up to five samples, for greater cost efficiencies of tests (due to the sensitivity of real-time PCR)

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