Experience

Live Organisms

Dycor works with the four recognized biological agent simulants (Bacillus globigii, ovalbumin, Erwinia herbicola and MS2) for test and evaluation of biological detection equipment, but is also involved in collection and detection of live, naturally occurring biological organisms, and in the development of protocols for collection and detection of natural and man-made pathogens:

Dycor equipment collected and preserved in viable form the live H7N3 strain of the Avian Influenza virus during the Fraser Valley outbreak in British Columbia, Canada in 2004.

Dycor equipment is being used for capture of atmospheric dust particles to track global microbial migration patterns.
Dycor is currently involved in development of first response and compartmentalization protocols for Avian Influenza outbreaks.
Dycor is involved in design and delivery of facilities for testing detection systems against live pathogens.
Dycor’s equipment has been used to track dispersal patterns in simulated biological releases in buildings.