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BVDV - PCR

Service category: 
Available Tests [1]
Service audience: 
Bovine [2]
Description: 

Code:

bvdrt

Lab:

V

Days test started:

M-F

TAT:

1-5 d

Available for:

Food Animal

Specimen Type/Volume

Live: EDTA blood, serum, milk, lesion swabs, semen, dry ear notches, feces/fecal swabs. Dead: Peyer's patch, spleen, mesenteric lymph node, lung, feces/fecal swabs.

Shipping Information

Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.

Collection Protocol

Collect in EDTA tube if sample is blood. For other samples, collect in a leakproof container. Pooling not recommended for semen.

Additional Information

See AHL LabNote 1* [3]. For alpacas and llamas, see AHL LabNotes 5* [4] and AHL LabNote 36* [5].


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/services/bvdv-pcr

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-category/available-tests [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/bovine [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/labnote-1-summary-bovine-viral-diarrhea-virus-bvdv-testing-ahl [4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/ahl-labnote-5-recommendations-testing-bovine-viral-diarrhea-virus-alpacas-and-llamas [5] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/content/ahl-labnote-36-clinical-sampling-virology-testing-ahl-%E2%80%93-sampling-supplies