SwabTec

Advancing livestock genetics through simple saliva testing​.

Breed worm resistant sheep with our new test.

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We had a great time this week sampling the wethers at @BalmoralBreede1. We have a target of 4000 saliva tests to be completed when ASBVs WECs are being performed. This is to validate the saliva test as a suitable measurement of worm resistance!

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We had a great time today at Sheepvention talking worms, antibodies and breeding worm resistant sheep using saliva. Come and see us tomorrow if you would like to find out more. @FedUniAustralia @LaunchVic @beanstalkagtech @VicGovAg #meatsheep #Sheepvention #merinos

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SwabTec is thrilled to secure a $50,000 AgTech Grants Program from @LaunchVic and @AgricultureVictoria

The grant will help us take our ideas from the lab to the farm, and provide farmers with a simple saliva test to help breed worm resistant sheep.

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@EmCharlotteAnn @DarrenPOBrien Thanks Emily. I'll give you a DM to discuss further.

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Excited to see @DarrenPOBrien trialling out our saliva test to breed worm resistant sheep and helping us collect validation data to support its use Australia wide.

[O'Brien Poll Merino and O'Brien Dohne Merino @DarrenPOBrien]

Got busy today trialling the new worm test, using saliva to detect antibodies. Development by Federation Uni and Dr Sarah Preston #obrienmerino

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@DarrenPOBrien @EmCharlotteAnn It should be faster than WEC to collect, you're always guaranteed a sample and don't require a big worm burden to measure. We are currently validating the test in multiple studs across Australia.

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@DarrenPOBrien @EmCharlotteAnn Hi. Thanks for your interest. We are working on a lab test and a pen-side strip test to breed worm resistant sheep. The strip test takes 10 min to read so we have found that bigger studs would still prefer to send off samples to the lab.

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@DarrenPOBrien @FedUniAustralia Thanks Darren for trialling out our test. We are looking forward to analysing the results!

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THANKS FARMERS! 9000 TESTS (NOW) BOOKED IN.

@SwabTec thanks everyone who has signed up for our on-farm trials to measure worm resistance in sheep. Big shout out to the Kealys at Curlew Merinos, @beanstalkagtech & Victorian Sheep and Goat Compensation Fund for your support.