Dirk Geysen

TL;DR: To identify possible vectors of Schmallenberg virus (SBV), pools containing heads of biting midges (Culicoides) that were caught during the summer and early autumn of 2011 at several places in Belgium by real-time RT-PCR were tested.

TL;DR: The mechanisms involved in resistance to isometamidium and diminazene will be discussed, together with some new molecular detection tools that have been developed recently enabling faster diagnosis of drug resistance than conventional laboratory or field tests.

TL;DR: This is the first report of a sensitive pan-trypanosome PCR assay amplifying all species including T. vivax to a comparable extent using a single primer pair, and the potential of the essay to be used as a suitable diagnostic tool is discussed.

TL;DR: Two new PCR assays for the detection of Map are developed based on the IS900 sequence using primers different from the ones previously reported, the second assay on the f57 sequence, which has proven to be useful for the identification of Map.

TL;DR: A real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for detection of T. parva DNA in buffalo and cattle was developed to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the official diagnostic test package in South Africa.