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Simply Superior Results

BoVir® is a state-of-the-art assay with none of the overpooling commonly used in other tests that can generate unreliable outcomes. In fact, extensive European tests prove BoVir® delivers superior results in all 68 referenced strains of the virus, and in atypical strains such as the HOBI and H138 strains, two strains most recently identified in the U.S.

BoVir® is real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (real time RT-PCR), but with a unique, proprietary lysis buffer and reagents to improve the accuracy and turnaround time of test results.

Compare BoVir® and you’ll see why there’s really no comparison.

BoVir® - real time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction with Lysis Buffer & Reagents

STRENGTHS
  • Uses easy-to-obtain ear notch tissue sample; no needles or messy blood drawing
  • No false positives and no false negatives when pooled according to European government approved protocols; only fast, accurate results
  • Greater level of specificity with real-time detection
  • Proprietary, 2-step, 70-minute incubation lysis buffer
  • Easy to use - simple process providing results in under 4.5 hours, with one lab tech at 1,000 samples per day

ELISA – Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES
  • Longtime, broad use for a wide variety of assays, both human and veterinary
  • Common throughout many labs
  • Reliability depends on complex, tedious lab techniques that are prone to human error
  • Antibodies from vaccines and colostrums will interfere with test results, creating false negatives
  • Higher rate of false positive results

RT-PCR – Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES
  • Proven technology used in research to detect specific DNA strands
  • Requires highly skilled lab techs and meticulous, uncontaminated lab environment, which impedes fast turnaround and adds costs
  • Not designed for high throughput lab operations
  • Difficult to analyze results
  • Sample pools often used to reduce the cost of testing every cow, producing inaccurate results

(real time RT-PCR) – real time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES
  • Extremely sensitive
  • Greater level of specificity with real-time detection
  • False positives and false negatives caused by incorrect handling of reagents and specimen preparation
  • Sample pools often used to reduce the cost of testing every cow, producing inaccurate results

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