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Honey bee Deformed wing virus (DWV) - PCR

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

Code:

dwv

Lab:

M

Days test started:

M-F

TAT:

2-14 d

Available for:

Food Animal

Specimen Type/Volume

Live honey bees, frozen honey bees.

Shipping Information

Collection Protocol

Bees must be collected live and delivered live to the lab, or collected live and then frozen on dry ice (or kept at -70C) and kept frozen until delivery to lab. Shipping on dry ice is preferred, but if unavailable they can be shipped frozen on ice packs.

Additional Information

Contact the lab: ahlbees@uoguelph.ca before sending samples. AHL LabNote 32.* [3]


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/services/honey-bee-deformed-wing-virus-dwv-pcr

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-category/available-tests [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/other [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/ahl-labnote-32-honey-bee-testing-ahl