New test for malignant catarrhal fever

A new test for malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is now available from the Agri-food and biosciences Institute

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New test for malignant catarrhal fever

The new test is a MCF PCR which can detect virus nucleotides, and has been designed to complement the existing MCF antibody test. MCF is a severe disease of cattle, deer and other hoofed animals and...

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