Simple and smart next-level PRRSV vaccine monitoring is here.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) inflicts severe economic damage on the pork industry every year; causing respiratory illness in piglets and reproductive failure in sows. Early detection and targeted control are essential.
At INDICAL, we’re excited to launch the innovative virotype PRRSV EU Vax RT-PCR Kit, for detection and differentiation of major PRRSV-1 vaccines in a fast, accurate and cost-effective manner. Used in combination with the virotype PRRSV 2.0 RT-PCR Kit, it delivers a smarter way to DIVA and confirm vaccination status, saving time and money in the lab and supporting confident herd health decisions.
But every veterinary lab works a little differently. That’s why our updated Extraction Portfolio Overview brings together INDICAL’s broad range of DNA/RNA extraction products and workflow options for veterinary diagnostics, from manual spin-column extraction kits to prefilled cartridges to the IndiMag 2 benchtop platform for automated magnetic bead-based nucleic acid extraction.
One chemistry. Any throughput.
Whether processing a handful of swabs or several hundred samples per day, our portfolio supports a broad range of veterinary sample types, workflows, and throughput needs. Explore available extraction formats and platforms, including the IndiMag 2 automated extraction platform, IndiMag Pathogen bottled reagents and prefilled cartridge formats, and virotype Tissue Lysis Reagent for rapid preparation of PCR-ready lysates.
Magnetic bead-based nucleic acid extraction does not always require an automated platform.
Introducing IndiMag Handheld — a compact, manual 8-channel magnetic separator designed to expand extraction flexibility.
The IndiMag Handheld enables efficient magnetic bead-based extraction:
✔ Up to 8 samples in parallel
✔ No electricity required
✔ Portable and easy to use in laboratory or field settings
Ideal for:
🔹 Routine manual laboratory workflows
🔹 Backup workflows in established laboratories
🔹 Field and mobile testing
🔹 Resource-limited settings
🔹 Emergency or outbreak response
IndiMag Handheld is fully compatible with IndiMag Pathogen kits and prefilled cartridges, and it integrates easily into existing workflows. Because molecular diagnostics should adapt to the environment, not the other way around.
Avian influenza (AI) – also known as ‘bird flu’ – remains a hot topic, with outbreaks and active restrictions continuing across Europe. According to a recent scientific report 867 outbreaks of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus were reported between September and December 2021 (1).
Influenza strains are classified by their haemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N) surface proteins. There are 16 subtypes of haemagglutinin and 9 subtypes of neuraminidase, giving rise to the classic influenza nomenclature – H1N1 and so on. HPAI strains are always H5 or H7. The epidemiology of Influenza Viruses is complex. They evolve constantly by a combination of genetic mutation and reassortment and the emergence of new strains can pose a significant threat to animal and human health.
When faced with an outbreak, veterinarians need to be able to test for and identify AI strains rapidly and efficiently, providing critical information on whether a strain is notifiable and the next steps they should take.
INDICAL’s virotype Influenza A H5/H7/H9 RT-PCR Kit (FLI-C 072) enables simultaneous detection and differentiation of AIV subtypes H5, H7 and H9 in a single RT-qPCR run. The test detects all currently circulating European, Asian and North American H5, H7 and H9 strains and clades.
Outperforming singleplex PCR assays in both sensitivity and efficiency, this ready-to-use quadruplex assay is compatible with most common thermocyclers, delivering reliable results in just 1 hour.
The virotype Influenza A H5/H7/H9 RT-PCR Kit is just one of our solutions for rapid reliable screening and differentiation in avian influenza.
It’s in the mix. Accelerate your assay development with IndiMix JOE.
INDICAL‘s novel IndiMix JOE master mix enables real-time amplification of single or multiple nucleic acid targets and contains both reverse transcriptase and polymerase to amplify DNA and RNA targets. IndiMix JOE was developed and tested to work with a wide variety of animal sample matrices and applications.
At INDICAL, we have received lots of positive feedback from happy customers using IndiMag prefilled cartridges on the IndiMag 48s for high quality nucleic acid extraction.
Here’s what they tell us the top 3 benefits are:
Time savings of 20 min per run through reduced pipetting
Reliable results through increased workflow consistency
Reduced plastics consumption with flexible cartridge sizes (8 and 24 samples)
IndiMag prefilled cartridges can be used with a wide range of sample types. They are made in Germany and available for IndiMag 48s and other platforms.
Today INDICAL is taking the first step into food safety and antimicrobial resistance segments by joining forces with Check-Points.
Check-Points is a Dutch R&D focused company that produces tests for two principal markets – food safety and human antimicrobial resistance. The main component of the business is related to “Check and Trace”, a unique product based on a microarray platform to accurately identify over 300 serotypes of Salmonella. The company, founded in 2002 with annual revenues of approximately EUR 2.3 million, also produces a number of DNA-based tests for the molecular detection of antimicrobial resistance in hospital acquired infections in humans.
Through the Salmonella test, the company principally serves producers and labs within the poultry industry as well as food safety labs. The human assays principally target in-hospital laboratories.
“The acquisition of Check-Points bolsters our poultry portfolio and direct-to-producer offering. Check-Points has developed strong momentum in its core products and has an exciting R&D pipeline, with highly relevant development expertise that can support new projects within INDICAL itself. We look forward to working with the Check-Points management team to take advantage of all these opportunities”, says Stefano Santarelli, CEO of INDICAL BIOSCIENCE.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and development threat that requires urgent action in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is declared as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity by the World Health Organization (WHO). Having Check-Points as part of the family is a great step towards INDICAL’s contribution to One Health – of the planet, animals and people.
INDICAL is proud to enter a strategic partnership with pioneering air sampling technology company AeroCollect.
The technology enables detection of pathogens earlier than clinical symptoms or shedding of pathogens. Results are gathered through a 3-step method that does not compromise on animal welfare.
Walk around the farm for 5 minutes with the instrument to collect the sample
Send sample to laboratory
Get same day results for presence of bacteria or viruses
“The pioneering technology will facilitate easier, faster and more accurate sampling in vet diagnostics to support our ambition to improve animal health globally”, says Stefano Santarelli, CEO of INDICAL BIOSCIENCE.
AeroCollect® works by pulling a flow of air through a small sample chamber. When collecting samples, high voltage is applied to the test chamber. This creates an electric field across the sample chamber that captures and concentrates bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic particles in the sample chamber. The sample chamber is then sent to the laboratory where the content is analysed for pathogens using a qPCR analysis. The results are ready within one to two hours.
