It is not an exaggeration to say that the fluorescence quantitative PCR instrument for detecting swine fever is the cornerstone of responding to the swine fever epidemic. However, real-time and accurate detection is a high demand for testing instruments from a large number of breeding farms and testing institutions. Faced with a large-scale and severe epidemic, users have an urgent demand for portable, easy to operate, highly accurate, and relatively low-cost detection equipment. In other words, existing instrument solutions still have room for improvement in meeting the demand for swine fever detection.
For example, a microfluidic chip with pre embedded reagents in the front-end and qPCR detection in the back-end would be a good product combination as long as the chip price is affordable for users. Microfluidic chips as consumables, combined with backend quantitative PCR detection, have already formed products in the field of clinical testing. We hope that major instrument manufacturers can launch better detection products and contribute to the suppression of this epidemic.
When choosing a fluorescent quantitative PCR instrument for detecting swine fever, customers should pay attention to the following points:
1. Price: For large farms, equipping PCR machines is not a problem with funding. However, due to limited funding, small and medium-sized pig farms and testing institutions cannot afford the high cost of instrument procurement. According to industry insiders, they are willing to purchase PCR machines under 100000 yuan, provided that other conditions meet expectations.
Therefore, domestically produced real-time fluorescence PCR machines with affordable prices will become the choice for these users. For this reason, the editor has verified with domestic PCR instrument suppliers, and his answer also confirms this point. According to him, the sales of real-time fluorescent PCR machines have increased due to the impact of African swine fever.
2. Stability: Stability includes data stability, as well as performance and indicator stability. Low stability can lead to a decrease in the stability of data results, which is important for epidemic detection, especially for large-scale sample testing. Instrument stability is crucial.
3. Fluorescence channel: Tends to purchase multi-channel real-time fluorescence PCR instruments.
4. Skill support: This is the weakness of various types of breeding farms. Due to the severe shortage of testing personnel, various pig farms urgently need assistance in guiding pig testing operations. If manufacturers of fluorescent quantitative PCR machines for detecting swine fever can provide guidance on instrument use and after-sales support, this will be a major selling point.
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