UNION CITY, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abaxis, Inc., a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis instruments and rapid tests for the medical, research and veterinary markets, announced today that it has entered the production animal diagnostics marketplace with its first product, a rapid Avian Influenza Antigen Test. This is a USDA-licensed test for Avian Influenza Type A nucleoprotein antigen in chickens, turkeys and ducks. The disposable, non-instrumented device, providing results in 15 minutes, can be used in the field or in a laboratory of any size.