BVD Status Pack

Monitor your herds Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Status and obtain lifetime BVD status of all milking cows present at the herd test.

BVD Status Pack

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To book your BVD Status Pack, download the order form

You can also talk to your LIC rep, or call 0800 436 362

Using the BVD Status Pack is the most cost-effective way to obtain individual BVD Status in MINDA for all animals in the milking herd. It includes all Bulk Tank Milk Monitor Pack tests and will identify both positive and negative animals using herd test milk samples.

How the BVD Status pack works

1st test - Bulk Milk (early season)

Tests for BVD virus (PCR test) and antibody exposure levels (Antibody ELISA)
Results emailed.

2nd test - Herd test milk samples (approx 2 weeks after 1st bulk milk)

Each sample tested for BVD virus (PCR test)
Results will be emailed and uploaded to MINDA - animals are permanently marked in MINDA as Not Persistently Infected (NPI) or Persistently Infected (PI). This is a lifetime status.

3rd test - Bulk Milk (4 weeks after herd test)

Tests for BVD virus (PCR test) to check PI animals have been removed from the herd.
Results emailed.

4th test - Bulk milk (late season)

Test for antibody exposure levels (Antibody ELISA)
Results emailed.

Results

The turnaround time for results will be within 3-5 working days for the bulk tank milk samples and within 7 working days from when you receive the herd test lab strip result for the individual herd test results. Results will be emailed and uploaded to MINDA.
The PCR test results (for bulk milk samples and individual herd test samples) will be either BVD positive or negative.
The Antibody ELISA test for bulk milk samples gives you an indication of the herds’ immunity. There are 5 possible results: No exposure, low, medium, high or very high exposure.
All individual BVD positive results are tested twice to confirm result.