Trecento Diagnostics is creating a world where urine, not blood, is used in veterinary healthcare diagnostics and where accurate molecular tests give results in minutes rather than days. We specialise in companion animal diagnostics and zoonotic diseases. Trecento’s unique DNA extraction device now allows instrument-free DNA extraction without the need for centrifugation and offers ambient temperature delivery and storage, enabling urine testing to now be a viable alternative to blood testing. For many people, particularly the elderly, having blood taken is an unpleasant and painful experience. In the veterinary world, it can also be a difficult and upsetting procedure for companion animals, their owners and vets. That’s why Trecento’s vision is to replace the need to take blood by using urine across companion animal healthcare. Cystocentesis is the most common method of obtaining urine from dogs and cats. It carries risks that include: bladder rupture, peritonitis, abdominal vessel laceration and colon damage. HygieCatch®, Trecento’s innovative urine collection device, removes these risks. HygieCatch® addresses an unmet need in veterinary diagnostics – the problem of risk-free canine urine collection. A novel, unique patented urine collection device that enables veterinarians to gain easy, risk-free access to canine urine samples, it is the first ever canine urine collection device with patented technology and a unique attractant that helps stimulate dogs to urinate. Having created a way to help veterinarians and pet owners collect a sample with HygieCatch®, we intend to provide canine urine-based tests for conditions such as Lyme disease via our T300 molecular testing platform. We want to help keep our four-legged friends safe, as well as human patients. For more information about HygieCatch® visit www.hygiecatch.com