Neogen Corporation (NEOG) Launches New Test for Tetracyclines in Milk
Neogen Corporation (NEOG) announced that the company has expanded its line of products developed for the dairy industry to include the quickest test available to tetracycline residues in milk. The tetracyclines group of dairy antibiotics is used to treat bovine mastitis, and includes tetracycline, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline. Neogen’s new TetraStar® dairy antibiotic test for tetracyclines complements the company’s widely used BetaStar® test for the beta-lactam group of dairy antibiotics, which includes amoxicillin, ampicillin, cephatirin, cloxacillin, and penicillin. Tetra-Star produces clear results in a market-best six minutes, and like BetaStar, is an extremely simple dipstick test that requires only minimal training…