Biotech Firm Tackling COVID-19 and M. bovis Announces Successful Development of Rapid, Accurate Johne’s Disease Assay

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor Limited has been developing an accurate, affordable multiplexed diagnostic test for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) – also known as Johne’s disease, that could save the New Zealand dairy industry upwards of $80 million a year in lost production. “The PictArray™ MAP assay would be a positive addition to national control programs to help in the eradication of Johne’s disease from the dairy industry,” says Pictor’