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PROCEDURE |
SPECIMEN |
CONTAINER |
Turnaround Time |
Shipping Condition |
COMMENTS |
West Nile virus, WEE, SLE
|
Blood, filter or swabs
|
Red top tube
|
4-5 days
|
Cool, not frozen
|
Swabs-throat and cloacal shipped in phosphate
buffered saline solution or dry.
|
Bluetongue virus PCR Probe*
|
Blood (EDTA), spleen, semen |
Lavender top tube, sealed container for spleen
|
3-8 days |
Cool, not frozen
|
For identification of persistent infection in
cattle over 6 months of age only. Positive pools are repeated for each
individual animal and results available the following week depending on herd
size.
|
Bovine viral diarrhea- Pooled PCR Probe*
|
Blood (EDTA) |
Lavender top tube |
3-7 days |
Cool, not
frozen
|
For identification of persistent infection in
cattle over 6 months of age only
|
Bovine viral diarrhea-Antigen ELISA*
|
Serum |
Sealed container |
2-3 days |
Cold |
Recommend submitting samples from 3-4 diarrheic
calves
|
Bovine Coronavirus ELISA*
|
Feces |
Sealed container |
2 days |
Cold |
|
Equine herpes virus 1 (rhinopneumonitis)-FA*
|
Placenta; fetal lung & liver; Respiratory:
tracheal scraping or lung
|
Sealed container |
2-5 days |
Cold |
|
Pseudorabies
|
Blood |
Red top tube |
2 days |
Cool, not frozen
|
1 mil serum needed |
Bovine Coronavirus ELISA*
|
Feces |
Sealed container |
2 days |
Cold |
Recommend submitting samples from 3-4 diarrheic
calves
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