Proteomics International is on track to deliver a world-first simple blood test in Australia this year to detect muscle damage in thoroughbred horses, which could revolutionise the way injuries are detected and monitored after a race.
The company’s 66 per cent-owned subsidiary OxiDx Limited has developed the blood test technology alongside researchers at The University of Western Australia. It uses a drop of dried blood to test for two protein biomarkers, which can identify the level of muscle damage in horses.
