Advanced Animal Diagnostics has secured $1,716,334 of a $3,432,667 equity raise according to a regulatory filing. The Durham-based company previously raised more than $17 million.

The company develops products that diagnose livestock diseases. It says its technology creates more precise care of animals so they live healthier, more productive lives.

It raised the money from seven investors according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417704/000141770416000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml

The company’s website says “With powerful diagnostic technology, we can detect diseases earlier so producers can take action earlier – and prevent losses. In the dairy industry, our QScout MLD test detects subclinical mastitis infections before losses occur.”

AAD, previously a member of BD Technologies Bioventure Center incubator in the Research Triangle Park, was founded in 2001.

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In February, Rudy Rodriguez, Advanced Animal Diagnostics founder and chief scientific officer, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The academy cited his “inventions to analyze blood and separate blood components that enable widespread clinical therapies.”

An evolution of this technology is being used on dairies to diagnose subclinical mastitis using AAD’s QScout MLD test and is also being utilized to develop a blood test to diagnose disease in beef cattle.

“Rudy has saved countless human lives by developing technology to analyze white blood cells. Now he’s using that ingenuity to help livestock producers more precisely use antibiotics with on-farm diagnostics that meet consumer needs and improve producer profitability,” says AAD president and CEO Joy Parr Drach, in a statement.

ADD says its QScout Farm Lab reads the QScout MLD test, looking for elevated cell type ratios to more accurately diagnose infection. Early detection of subclinical mastitis allows dairy producers to increase milk quality and production while using antibiotics more judiciously.

On the web: http://www.qscoutlab.com/

SEC fil;ing:http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417704/000141770416000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml