Preparing for a huge Kākāpo breeding season. Here we're teaching the fantastic DOC team on how to use our fast in-field PCR test to sex Kākāpo chicks. The team have swabbed themselves and are learning how to extract the DNA & run the PCR before then applying these principles to Kākāpō chicks.

Its International PCR Day - marking the date of the first PCR experiment.
Like any good first experiment . . .it failed.

If you're at #Apimondia2025, visit our stand to learn about the fast & sensitive #FosterMethod plus all our other apiculture DNA tests.
Bringing New Zealand ingenuity to the apiculture world.....🧬🐝🍯

Looking forward to speaking at the Mānuka Orchard Apiculture Open Day alongside other apiculture experts kicking off with coffee at 8AM in the Paengaroa Community Hall, 4 Old Coach Road, Paengaroa. ☕☕
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Knowing the sex of #takahe chicks as soon as possible is important for DOC's breeding programme. We developed a new rapid extraction & #qPCR sex test to help DOC determine the sex of up to 46 chicks in less an hour in the field. A game changer! #conservation @docgovtnz.bsky.social @digs.bsky.social