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14/10/2013
Project To Boost BRD Diagnosis
Queen's University in Belfast and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork are teaming up with the Georgia Institute of technology in the USA to develop new technology that will facilitate the diagnosis of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD).
The disease is the leading cause of calf death in Ireland, the EU and the US, with an estimated loss of over 1m animals worldwide.
In the US alone, BRD has a total economic cost to the agri-food industry of up to $2bn.
The AgriSense project is a €900,000 US-Ireland R&D Partnership funded project aimed towards the application of advanced nano-sensor technology to provide low-cost, precise, rapid testing for animal health and disease applications.
Dr Mark Mooney from Queen’s said: "This unique research partnership is an important step towards the control of BRD related infections, and will be of major benefit to farmers who incur huge losses through reduced animal performance, increased treatment costs and animal death.
"Queen’s new Institute for Global Food Security is fast becoming a world-leader in the development of novel techniques to improve animal health and secure food supply chain safety - our participation in the AgriSense project with other world leading research centres is a key component of the future research strategy of Queen’s in this area."
Dr Alan O’Riordan, Nanotechnology Group, Tyndall National Institute said: "The AgriSense project will explore the application of nano-sensor technology to provide a low-cost yet extremely precise and quick method of testing for use in animal health and disease diagnostics. The international team will work across Ireland, the US and Northern Ireland to explore how this technology can help in the fight against BRD, with livestock testing planned within the next three years."
(IT/CD)
The disease is the leading cause of calf death in Ireland, the EU and the US, with an estimated loss of over 1m animals worldwide.
In the US alone, BRD has a total economic cost to the agri-food industry of up to $2bn.
The AgriSense project is a €900,000 US-Ireland R&D Partnership funded project aimed towards the application of advanced nano-sensor technology to provide low-cost, precise, rapid testing for animal health and disease applications.
Dr Mark Mooney from Queen’s said: "This unique research partnership is an important step towards the control of BRD related infections, and will be of major benefit to farmers who incur huge losses through reduced animal performance, increased treatment costs and animal death.
"Queen’s new Institute for Global Food Security is fast becoming a world-leader in the development of novel techniques to improve animal health and secure food supply chain safety - our participation in the AgriSense project with other world leading research centres is a key component of the future research strategy of Queen’s in this area."
Dr Alan O’Riordan, Nanotechnology Group, Tyndall National Institute said: "The AgriSense project will explore the application of nano-sensor technology to provide a low-cost yet extremely precise and quick method of testing for use in animal health and disease diagnostics. The international team will work across Ireland, the US and Northern Ireland to explore how this technology can help in the fight against BRD, with livestock testing planned within the next three years."
(IT/CD)
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