New test kit offers hope against rinderpest
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en |
| cg.identifier.url | http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta29e/ | en |
| cg.issn | 1011-0054 | en |
| cg.journal | Spore | en |
| cg.number | 29 | en |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-08T13:16:18Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-08T13:16:18Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45362 | |
| dc.title | New test kit offers hope against rinderpest | en |
| dcterms.abstract | A new test kit for detecting rinderpest in cattle has been developed by scientists at the Nairobi-based Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC). Each test costs only US$0.25 cents. Rinderpest has killed more than a million cattle in Africa over the... | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 1990. New test kit offers hope against rinderpest. Spore 29. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en |
| dcterms.description | A new test kit for detecting rinderpest in cattle has been developed by scientists at the Nairobi-based Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC). Each test costs only US$0.25 cents. Rinderpest has killed more than a million cattle in Africa over the past 10 years. Its symptoms can easily be confused with those of other cattle diseases and wrong identification can lead to a tragic waste of animals. This test will provide an accurate diagnosis under field conditions. It will not only allow field personnel to take swift and appropriate action,but will give a clearer picture of the effectiveness of vaccination programmes. The new kit, called the AGID (Agar-Gel Immuno-Diffusion) is based on a standard procedure that has been known for many years but is now packaged in a way that can be readily used in the African environment. Each kit contains enough materials to run 20 individual tests. Results, which do not need to be analyzed in a laboratory, can be known within 12 hours. Kits are being distributed free of charge to national veterinary services and individuals working on rinderpest in Africa. J Villet PARC Regional Communication Adviser c/o FAO PO Box 30470 Nairobi KENYA | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en |
| dcterms.issued | 1990 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
| dcterms.type | News Item |