--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
THIS WEEK
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

New Test for Pig-borne Illness

The Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine has developed a high-speed test to screen pigs for swine fever.

The new test delivers results in just four hours, and is expected to be in use nationwide within the week.

 

The test is dubbed multiple polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, and its makers say it can screen pigs accurately and conveniently.

 

Compared with other testing methods, which can take up to four days and sometimes fail to detect bacteria, multiple PCR is a considerable achievement.

 

It can find all strains of streptococcus suis, the virus causing the illness, in a pig in four hours. The academy will establish training workshops in a few days.

 

PCR is commonly used in labs to diagnose infectious diseases.

 

(CCTV August 2, 2005)

 

China Confident of Controlling Pig-borne Disease
Pig Disease Found in Five More Cities, 32 People Dead
Guangdong Reports Pig-borne Disease Patient
Health Minister Inspects Sichuan Province
131 Infected by Pig-borne Disease
131 Infected by Pig-borne Disease
China Completes Gene Sequence of Deadly Pig Bacteria
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688