PT Antigen WANTED for Research!

[cmom]

I was a tester here in Texas, I did not renew my certificate last year because of this antigen shortage.
As a tester we were not allowed to use expired antigen for any reason.

I wonder if they would allow it for research purposes.

 

[Kiki]

I wonder if they would allow it for research purposes.

I'm sure the researcher could use whatever they wanted for their project.

 

[cmom]

Apparently they are finding it difficult to find antigen. Since they want it for their research, a grad student in the agricultural sciences department at Texas A&M Commerce, I wonder if it's possible to get the expired for their research.

 

[Fairview01]

I was a tester here in Texas, I did not renew my certificate last year because of this antigen shortage.
As a tester we were not allowed to use expired antigen for any reason.

That is not an entitely accurate statement. TVMDL is extending the expiration date of the last batch of antigen on a month to month basis based on their observations of their tests. I get a message from them every month.

This has TROLL written all over it. If the OP is really a Texas A&M grad student, which I highly doubt she is and is working on such a . project relocating out of state game birds into the state of Texas she would need to be working in close contact with the Texas Game Commission and TVMDL and have their preapproval and by default would know that antigen is not and has not been available for going on to two years.

This is just a solicitation to acquire a scarce resource.

 

[Kiki]

That is not an entitely accurate statement. TVMDL is extending the expiration date of the last batch of antigen on a month to month basis based on their observations of their tests. I get a message from them every month.

This has TROLL written all over it. If the OP is really a Texas A&M grad student, which I highly doubt she is and is working on such a . project relocating out of state game birds into the state of Texas she would need to be working in close contact with the Texas Game Commission and TVMDL and have their preapproval and by default would know that antigen is not and has not been available for going on to two years.

This is just a solicitation to acquire a scarce resource.

I clearly stated that when I was a tester we weren't allowed...I still get emails from J.C. but must have missed this one mentioning it was ok to use the expired antigen.


I'm going to double check my emails now, thanks!

 

[mymilliefleur]

This is interesting, I was not aware of the shortage.
Will this make it hard to get NPIP tested/certified?

 

[Kiki]

This is interesting, I was not aware of the shortage.
Will this make it hard to get NPIP tested/certified?

Probably.

 

[Fairview01]

I clearly stated that when I was a tester we weren't allowed...I still get emails from J.C. but must have missed this one mentioning it was ok to use the expired antigen.


I'm going to double check my emails now, thanks!

That depends when you stopped being a tester. TVMDL has been extending the last antigen on a month to month basis for a long time.

This is interesting, I was not aware of the shortage.
Will this make it hard to get NPIP tested/certified?

Probably.

Probably impossible in the very near future.

 

[blackoaktammy]

I have taken the class to be a tester in MD and am on the waiting list to become NPIP. It is very frustrating. I do know that PA does not use the plate test for PT. They draw blood and do the confirmatory test, so people in PA are able to get their NPIP certification while the rest of the country sits and twiddles their thumbs.

 

[mixedUPturk]

It wasnt any issue for my birds to be PT tested here in LA