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Tetracore, Inc. Introduces First USDA-Licensed Real-Time PCR Test for the Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Swine Whole Blood and Spleen Samples

ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- The Tetracore(R) Real-Time PCR Test was validated for use on epithelial and

serum samples.

Tetracore, Inc. (Tetracore) (

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) announced today the licensing of their VetAlert(TM) African Swine Fever Virus

(ASFV) DNA Diagnostic Test Kit by the United States Department of Agriculture

(USDA) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB). It is the first USDA licensed

diagnostic product for ASFV and is manufactured in the United States, critical

for a rapid response in the event of an ASF outbreak.  Additionally, this

diagnostic Kit provides animal health first responders with a critical tool to

mitigate the potentially catastrophic economic and animal welfare impacts of an

ASFV outbreak.

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The VetAlert ASFV DNA high-performance test Kit was developed by Tetracore

scientists and will be commercialized and sold by Tetracore.

"It is well-known that viruses mutate and evolve, and for this reason,

established PCR test designs should be periodically re-evaluated to ensure that

the test designs remain fit for purpose", says Dr. Callahan, Business

Development Manager and USDA CVB liaison for Tetracore. With this in mind,

Tetracore evaluated contemporary ASFV viral sequences as well as sequences to

the 24 known ASFV genotypes to design a new primer-probe set that was blended

with our original test to create an updated ASFV rPCR, the VetAlert ASFV DNA

Test Kit.

The updated test design was validated in studies with multiple study partners

including: (1) Centro de Investigacion en Sanidad Animal, Instituto Nacional De

Investigaciones Agrarias (CISA-INIA, Spain); (2) The National Veterinary

Institute (SVA, Sweden); (3) Sciensano (Belgium); and other International and

US laboratories, where the test demonstrated equivalent performance compared to

the reference test methods used by the study partners.

About Tetracore, Inc.

Tetracore is a biotechnology company specializing in the development and

manufacture of diagnostic devices and assays for the detection of infectious

diseases. Located in the Biotechnology Corridor in Rockville, Maryland.

Tetracore was founded in 1998 by former United Nations Special Commission

biological weapons inspectors and scientists of the Naval Medical Research

Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.  For more information, visit www.tetracore.com

or contact us at jkelly@tetracore.com.

(R)Tetracore is a Registered Trademark and VetAlert is a Trademark of

Tetracore, Inc.

SOURCE Tetracore, Inc.