About Us

BIOADVANCE CENTROAMERICA S.A. – BIOADVANCE® is a Costa Rican company specialized in the import and sale of materials, tests and equipment for human and animal laboratory diagnostics, in the Central American region. We serve the public, private and academic sectors.

We began our work in 2011, and since then, we have been in a continuous expansion throughout Central America, acquiring the experience to diversify during this new decade in other areas where we have extensive knowledge and with the support of the great human talent that we have, to be able to develop solutions tailored to our clients.

Our Business Lines

Veterinary Medicine

We offer a wide range of diagnostic solutions, of great help for the practice of Veterinary Medicine, from the simplest screening tests to diagnostic imaging tests.

10 years leading the diagnostic test market in Costa Rica and Central America.

 

 

Increased contact with wild and domestic animals are factors that have favored the transmission of diseases between animals and people.

 

– Gilles Kleitz, director of the AFD Ecological Transition Department.

The current health crisis sheds new light on the urgency of designing public policies that integrate the One Health components.

 

– Patrick Dauby, AFD Health Division project manager.

The contribution of doctors, veterinarians, ecologists, agronomists, sociologists and anthropologists helps to understand the problems from multiple aspects.

 

– Marie Edan, head of the AFD Agriculture, Biodiversity and Rural Development project

Social Responsability

Pets Identification

We understand the importance of the correct pets identification, a very important member of each family at a universal level. That is why we offer Microchips and RFID Readers certified by ICAR under the ISO 11784 and ISO 11785 standards.

The latest from our Blog

How To Introduce Dogs

How To Introduce Dogs

Proper introductions take time and planning but can make a big difference in how dogs interact in the long term. You’ve done your research, visited the shelter, fallen in love, and now you’re bringing home a second dog. Or your friend is coming to stay with their new...

Shamonda-like virus detected on Dutch cattle farms

Shamonda-like virus detected on Dutch cattle farms

An infection with an orthobunyavirus has been detected on 4 cattle farms in the Netherlands. Using various sequence analysis techniques, Dutch animal health organisation Royal GD has identified the virus as the Shamonda-like virus. The virus had previously been...

What is the role of MRV and PAdV in US pig herds?

What is the role of MRV and PAdV in US pig herds?

What are the health risks of mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) and porcine adenovirus (PAdV)? With that question, US researchers aimed to unravel some relevant pig health questions. The recently-published results suggest that both MRV and PAdV can infect pigs and...

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Santa Ana, San José, Costa Rica