avian & livestock assay data sheet

Poultry respiratory PCR panel

Test code: P0018 - Poultry respiratory panel detects and differentiates seven clinically significant respiratory pathogens:

Avian influenza
Aspergillus
Infectious bronchitis
Infectious laryngotracheitis
Infectious coryza
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Respiratory symptoms in poultry can be caused by various viral, bacterial and fungal agents. Treatments and quarantine protocols differ among these pathogens, and some can be quite expensive -- not to mention stressful for birds and staff!

The Zoologix respiratory PCR test panel for poultry is a powerful but economical tool for diagnosing respiratory cases in poultry. The entire panel is run from one tracheal swab, eliminating multiple sampling requirements.  Highly sensitive and specific results are reported by email or fax three business days after sample receipt.

Utilities:

• Confirm the disease causing agent
• Shorten the time required to confirm clinical diagnosis and differentiation of infection by several clinically significant respiratory pathogens of poultry
• Ensure that flocks are free of these pathogens
• Early prevention of spread of these pathogens among and between flocks
• Minimize human exposure to the pathogens
• Safety monitoring of biological products and vaccines that derive from birds

Preferred specimen: Tracheal swab.

For specimen types other than those listed here, please call to confirm specimen acceptability and shipping instructions.

For all specimen types, if there will be a delay in shipping, or during very warm weather, refrigerate specimens until shipped and ship with a cold pack unless more stringent shipping requirements are specified. Frozen specimens should be shipped so as to remain frozen in transit. See shipping instructions for more information.

Turnaround time: 3 business days

Methodology: Qualitative PCR and qualitative reverse transcription PCR

Normal range: Nondetected