Research/Transfer of diagnostic technologies to core diagnostic facility for the benefit of the Australian poultry industry
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Project Title: Transfer of diagnostic technologies to core diagnostic facility for the benefit of the Australian poultry industry
Project Leader: Amir Noormohammadi at University of Melbourne funded by Poultry CRC (Project 05-17)
Duration of Project: 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2009
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Project overview
In order to develop an improved and expanded range of diagnostic tests for the Australian poultry industry, this commercially-focussed project will help to establish a core national diagnostic centre for poultry diseases.
Project objectives
- Provide fast and cost-effective world-class diagnostic services for the industry, including overnight diagnosis and strain identification for the major poultry diseases in Australia, such as infectious bronchitis virus, infectious laryngotracheitis and chicken infectious anaemia virus.
- The research will also help to ensure the industry is prepared for future disease outbreaks and ultimately reduce the economic losses caused by major poultry diseases as well as the cost of control programs.
Project progress
A number of diagnostic assays have now been set up and are in use by the Australian poultry industry. These include polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for diagnosis of:
- Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus (ILTV);
- M. synoviae;
- Infectious Bronchitis virus (IBV);
- Fowl POX virus;
- Fowl adenoviruses;
- Pathogenic E. coli; and
- Chlamydophila spp.
Additionally, assays based on PCR, PCR-Random Amplified Length Polymorphism and capillary electrophoresis have been set up for differentiation of IBV strains, ILTV strains and Eimeria spp respectively.
