SeraLyte-Mbv™ for Economical Livestock Screening

PriTest’s breakthrough technology can easily and rapidly detect M. bovis infection in animals with very high sensitivity and specificity. This will permit farmers to achieve effective control of Bovine TB and end the large economic and social costs of slaughtering even healthy cattle to combat the disease.

SeraLyte-Mbv offers a rapid and easy-to-use method for identifying M. bovis infection in cattle. Using SeraLyte-Mbv does not require the high level of technical expertise needed for alternative test methods.

SeraLyte-Mbv can be completed in approximately two hours, rather than the three days required for today’s skin tests. Blood or sera samples for SeraLyte-Mbv testing can be frozen for shipping, which is a crucial benefit for managing field sample collection.

Our protein probe detects antibodies against certain proteins found in the sera of tuberculosis-infected cattle. SeraLyte-Mbv avoids false positives caused by cross reactions with antibodies to BCG or non-pathological mycobacteria by using a protein probe that is highly specific.