Barend van Dam, MSc, director of BioChek One of the greatest examples of serendipity is undoubtedly the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in September 1928. A discovery for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine years later together with Ernst Chain and Howard Florey. The effects…
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Proper monitoring and controlling of animal diseases demand sound, high-quality research. Not only for the health of animals, but the international public health as well. Zoonoses are a serious problem. One of the most prominent research institutes devoted to animal health is the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, or…
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Starting 18 months ago, all ELISA tests at Rose Acre Farms Laboratory have been conducted with the BioChek Elisa Assay Robot (BEAR). Dan Wilson is the poultry veterinarian at Rose Acre Farms. He considers the BEAR to be an asset for Rose Acre Farms, as it greatly helps with monitoring…
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The Central Poultry Laboratory in Hardenberg is the first laboratory in the Netherlands to work with the BioChek ELISA Assay Robot (BEAR). Arnaud Plantema (CEO), Bert Brink (chief laboratory technician) and Stefan Sloots (technician) believe the BEAR is a professional asset to their laboratory. The speed, accuracy and timesavings achieved…
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BioChek Smart Veterinary Diagnostics will attend the IPPE in Atlanta, Georgia for the full three days, at Booth C963, from January 31st until February 2nd, 2017. The BioChek team can tell you all there is to know about our ELISA kits, PCR kits, our smart software and smartphone/tablet app and…
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Are you visiting IPPE in Atlanta, Georgia from January 31st until February 2nd? Then we welcome you at the BioChek Lunch Meeting on Wednesday February 1st! We will provide lunch, during which there will be a talk by Brenda Parker Glidewell on "Advancements in Mycoplasma Screening at the Georgia Poultry…
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BioChek proudly presents its second animated video! The video is all about the BioChek software & Cloud and how it helps veterinarians to organise, analyse and interpret test results. With the BioChek software the veterinarian can access critical and time sensitive data anytime and anywhere. Feel free to share this…
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BioChek is pleased to introduce an addition to the company’s growing menu of PCR test kits for poultry and swine testing: The Multispecies Salmonella Multiplex DNA test kit. The Multispecies Salmonella Multiplex DNA test kit is a complete set of reagents which allows for the simultaneous detection of Salmonella spp,…
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With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza H5N8 in several countries within Europe, the poultry industry is at its highest state of alert. Following confirmation of the highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 on a turkey fattening farm in Tótkomlós, Békés County on November 4th, the Hungarian authorities immediately…
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BioChek Smart Veterinary Diagnostics will attend Eurotier in Hannover, Germany at Hall 2, Booth C17, from November 15th until November 18th 2016. We will update you on our latest poultry and swine developments and a fully functional BioChek Elisa Assay Robot (B.E.A.R.) is present at the booth so if you…
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