What we do

Our unique diagnostic system has 2 applications in the microbiome

Monitoring in the field

Florates has 2 unique assays, the Florates Gut Damage Assay and the Florates Productibity Assay.

Both are used to monitor Gut health in the field of livestock.

The farmer or advisor can take samples himself. The swabs are send to a local lab for analysis.

The lab results go via our algorithm in the cloud. Florates has a proven relation with future Feed Conversion Rate and Body Weight in animal trials.

So the risk level for Gut Health can be reported back to the farmer within 24h. It can be combined with an advise to improve or to use specific products

Pre- and post inclusion studies

By applying the unique Florates Gut Damage and Florates Productivity Assay you get insight in the different effects of treatment or challenges over time.

Based on our innovative molecular system, we provide assays for day-to-day use to seriously improve the understanding of Gut Health.

The gut health of animals is widely recognized to have a large impact on day-to-day animal health and welfare. Our molecular assays help you to unchain the value of the animal Gut Health.

All assays are based on our proprietary molecular system: robust identification of targeted shifts in biological ratios.

How we do it

From its start, Florates aimed to design and validate a molecular diagnostic system that is focusing on shifts in microbial communities as a supplementary tool to eg. PCR or sequencing, for daytoday use. With their experience in both veterinary and IVD diagnostics as well as the expertise in animal farming Florates has the capability to provide new insights in Gut Health with non-invasive sampling. Sampling can be performed by the farmer and can be sent to the local lab, for swift and reliable results.

The Florates assays are based on a proprietary Ligation-based Quantitative Real Time PCR. Each component of the system as well as its assays are completely designed for the robust detection of shifts in ratios in complex biological systems such as the Gut Health and the Gut Microbiome.

So is, as an example, the extraction of the sample is based on the majority of the sample to minimize the inhomogeneity of normal field samples.

All assays make use of the same assay components and protocol, such as buffers and enzymes which are optimized & validated for ratios: making results predictable and reliable.

Identifying ratios in 1 assay is crucial for robust results, to correct for any variations in PCR, sample size & consistency.

Move to non-invasive day-to-day monitoring of Gut Health
The assay is set up to be used on field samples in standard lab facilities.
Move from "which microbes are present" to "what do they do"
Improve your day-to-day insight by objective analysis of functional markers based on the most informative sequencing information.