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New tools for the diagnosis of infectious animal diseases
On 17 October 2024, experts from the Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia attended a meeting of the Biosens4PrecisionMastitis project consortium held at the headquarters of the project coordinator, the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia in Tarragona, Spain.
During the meeting, Lukasz Gontar, principal investigator of the project at RIC Pro-Academia, presented the plan for the field studies that will be carried out in November. The research will involve milk sampling and analysis, using both traditional mastitis diagnostic techniques and novel diagnostic tools developed as part of the Biosens4PrecisionMastitis project.
Scientists from various institutions, including the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Spain, Riga Stradiņa University in Latvia, Seqomics in Hungary and RIC Pro-Akademia itself, took part.
The Biosens4PrecisionMastitis project aims to improve the health and welfare of dairy cows, as well as to increase farm profitability through the development of biosensor technology for the early diagnosis of mastitis in dairy cattle. Mastitis is one of the main problems affecting milk production, with a significant economic burden on the dairy industry due to reduced milk yield and quality, as well as the associated economic losses and treatment costs.
The project is being carried out within the framework of ERA-NET ICRAD programme (International Coordination of Research on Infectious Diseases) with co-financing from four national agencies: Spanish Research Agency, Hungarian National Food Network Safety Office, Polish National Centre for Research and Development and Latvian State Agency for Development of Education.
More information on the project can be found on its website: https://www.biosensingbovinemastitis.com
