Dr. Annette Litster, Director of the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Purdue University, recently produced a video relating to in-house antibody titer tests such as VacciCheck for use in animal shelter medicine.<o:p></o:p>

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAcbhPURwnM<o:p></o:p>

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They also recently organized a seminar with 1500 participants on how to use antibody titer testing to prevent or reduce an outbreak of disease in a shelter:

http://www.maddiesfund.org/Resource_Library/Saving_Lives_With_Antibody_Titer_Tests.html

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Titer testing with both the Canine (Adenovirus, Parvo and Distemper virus) and Feline (Panleukopenia, Calici and Herpes virus) VacciCheck, is helpful to use:

·         during outbreaks to determine which animals are protected and able to proceed through the animal shelter system as usual.

·         to determine which animals need extra protection through isolation or foster care until such time as they are antibody positive.

Testing can also help determine which animals can be fast-tracked to adoption and which animals will require extra precautions.

Additional benefits for VacciCheck:

1.      Immune response following vaccination (puppies/kittens).<o:p></o:p>

2.      To determine if revaccination is necessary.<o:p></o:p>

For further details contact:

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Lenny Small
VP Marketing
Biogal Galed Labs<o:p></o:p>

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Phone: + 972-4-9898605
Mobile: + 972- 525-305570
e-mail: len@biogal.co.il<o:p></o:p>