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DiaSys Corporation Initiates Veterinary Field Trials for Parasep Concentration Device.


WATERBURY, Conn. -- DiaSys Corporation (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
:DYX DYX Dyslexia ) a global diagnostics products company, announced today that it would proceed with field trials for its Parasep fecal concentrator device for the detection of ova ova (o´vah) plural of ovum.
Ova
Eggs.

Mentioned in: Stool O & P Test


ova

plural of ovum.
 and parasites in sheep populations in the United Kingdom. The trials have been scheduled at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is an executive agency of the UK government department, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defra). It carries out animal disease surveillance, diagnostic services and veterinary scientific research for government and  (VLA) under the supervision of Dr. Keith Hunt. DiaSys Corporation is developing a kit system for agricultural use in conjunction with the VLA. The test will initially target the over drenching drenching

farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel.


drenching bit
to be included in a bridle as a bit.
 of sheep that become resistant to anti-biotics that are administered.

Professor Richard J. Whittington, Chair Farm Animal Health of The University of Sydney The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" Australian universities that are highly ranked in terms of their research performance.  has agreed to similar trials with the intent of conducting trials concurrently. In addition to the problem of over drenching sheep in Australia, there are problems in sheep populations with Johne's disease or Paratuberculosis that require cell culture. Paratuberculosis has also been linked in humans to Crohn's disease, which has been receiving NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak.

NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health.
 funding in the United States to study the infectious cause of Crohn's.

The estimated sheep population of Australia is over 100 million. The estimated sheep population of New Zealand is approximately 60 million. The population of sheep in the United Kingdom is approximately 20 million. Many of these sheep need to be screened and monitored for one of the diseases that the Company's device assists in detecting.

"We are exited about the new veterinary opportunity for our modified concentrator and the prospect of its utility with regard to providing cleaner samples for cell culture applications for human and veterinary applications," said Gregory Witchel, Chief Executive Officer of DiaSys Corporation. "This is another example of the large-market opportunities available for many of our diagnostic products."

DiaSys Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and distributes proprietary medical laboratory equipment, consumables and infectious disease test kits to healthcare and veterinary laboratories worldwide. Headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut, the Company operates in Europe through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 based in Wokingham, England. DiaSys, Parasep and Urisep are registered trademarks of DiaSys Corporation.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of, and made pursuant to, the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. The forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or events, or timing of events, relating to the Company to materially differ from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. DiaSys refers interested parties to its most recent Annual Report on form 10-KSB and other SEC filings for a complete description of, and discussions about, the company.
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