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As an OIE reference laboratory for CWD, The Norwegian Veterinary Institute has thoroughly tested TSE kits from Bio-Rad (TeSeE SAP Elisa) and IDEXX (HerdChek BSE –scrapie antigen) to compare their performances in testing various species; small ruminants, cattle and cervids.
A higher sensitivity was obtained using IDEXX on cattle and cervids. For small ruminants, the Bio-Rad kit was detected Nor98 better than the IDEXX kit.
As none other tests that are EU and OIE approved meet our requirements, Veterinærinstituttet has decided to sign agreements with Bio-Rad and IDEXX for the next 2 years With an option of 1 + 1 year.