The Pirbright Institute offers a range of different products,which include positive sera, inactived antigens, diagnostic kits, viral cultures and live midges.
The Diagnostic Development Team work with the World Reference Laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease at The Pirbright Institute and external partners to provide diagnostic products for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease (SVD) and peste des petit ruminants (PPR). Reagents for a number of other viral disease (including bluetongue disease, African swine fever and lumpy skin disease) are available from the Non-Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratories at The Pirbright Institute.
The Entomology group can provide scientific expertise and a variety of viral vectors for purchase.
The Diagnostic Development Team develop, validate and produce a variety of products that are sold commercially for use in diagnostic testing for a range of animal diseases. The team work closely with the World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-mouth disease here at The Pirbright Institute.
Contact: pirbright.reagents@pirbright.ac.uk
Positive sera for a variety of viral diseases are available from the Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories at The Pirbright Institute. Diseases include:
- African horse sickness
- African swine fever
- Bluetongue disease
- Epizootic haemorrhagic disease
- Capripox viruses (including sheeppox, goatpox and lumpy skin disease)
Scientific expertise and other reagents not listed in the price list may also be available.
Under National Capability we are able to offer access to these vectors and scientific expertise. The colonies available include:
- Culicoides sonorensis, a biting midge species used to investigate arbovirus infection and dissemination. This vector is competent for a wide range of arboviruses including bluetongue, African horse sickness and Schmallenberg.
- Culicoides nubeculosus, a UK species used for insecticide and repellent testing, studies of mating and host location, molecular assay standardisation and for immunological investigations in horses.
- Culex pipiens (2 lines), an extremely common and widespread mosquito species found across the UK and used in studies of vector competence, host location and insecticides.
- Culicoides nubeculosus purified saliva proteins.
