Psittacine PCR Screening Panel

Test code: P0026 - Panel detects and differentiates three common, clinically significant pathogens in parrots and other psittacine bird species:

Avian polyoma virus
Chlamydia psittaci
Psittacine beak and feather disease

When parrots and other psittacines are moved and integrated into new flocks, it is often prudent to screen in order to identify asymptomatic carriers and avoid the spread of these diseases.

The Zoologix Psittacine PCR Screening Panel is a powerful but economical tool for diagnosing these pathogens. The entire panel is run from one cloacal swab or a small-volume blood sample, eliminating multiple sampling requirements. A simple order form, printed from our website and enclosed with your sample shipment, is all we need to initiate testing. Highly sensitive and specific results are reported by email or fax three business days after sample receipt.

Utilities:

• Ensure that psittacine flocks and facilities are free of these pathogens
• Early prevention of spread of these pathogens among and between flocks
• Confirm disease causing agent
• Shorten the time required to confirm clinical diagnosis and differentiation of infection by several clinically significant pathogens of psittacines
• Minimize human exposure to these pathogens

Preferred specimen: Cloacal swab, or whole blood on Zoologix dry card; or 0.5 ml whole blood in EDTA (purple top) or ACD (yellow top) tube shipped overnight at room temperature.

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

Normal range: Nondetected