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Zoologix performs canine and feline PCR tests for...

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Anaplasma platys

Aspergillus species

Aspergillus fumigatus

Babesia

Bartonella

Baylisascaris procyonis

Bordetella bronchiseptica

Borrelia burgdorferi

Brucella canis

Campylobacter

Canine adenovirus type 1

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Canine circovirus

Canine enteric coronavirus (CCV1)

Canine distemper

Canine herpesvirus

Canine papillomavirus

Canine parainfluenza virus

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Canine respiratory coronavirus (CCV2)

Chagas disease

Chikungunya virus

Chlamydophila psittaci

Clostridium species

Coccidia

Cryptococcus

Cryptosporidium

Cytauxzoon felis

Demodex gatoi mites

E. coli

Ehrlichia

Entamoeba

Fading kitten syndrome

Feline calicivirus

Feline distemper

Feline enteric coronavirus

Feline foamy virus

Feline herpesvirus type 1

Feline immunodeficiency virus

Feline infectious anemia

Feline infectious peritonitis

Feline leukemia

Feline panleukopenia

Feline papillomavirus

Feline pneunomitis

Feline rhinotracheitis virus

Feline sarcoma virus

Feline syncytial virus

Francisella tularensis

Giardia

Group G strep

Haemobartonella canis

Haemobartonella felis

Helicobacter

Influenza type A

Lawsonia intracellularis

Leishmania

Leptospira

Lyme disease

Mange in cats

Microsporum

MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus)

Mycoplasma canis

Mycoplasma cynos

Mycoplasma felis

Mycoplasma haemocanis

Mycoplasma haemofelis

Neorickettsia helmintheca

Neospora caninum

Pasteurella multocida

Pneumocystis carinii

Rabies

RD114

Reovirus screen

Rickettsia screen

Ringworm

Salmonella

Salmon poisoning disease

Sarcocystis neurona

Streptococcus, Group G

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Toxoplasma gondii

Trichomonas/
Tritrichomonas

Trichophyton

Trypanosoma cruzi

Tularemia

West Nile virus

Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis


Cryptosporidium PCR test for dogs and cats

dog and cat assay data sheet

Cryptosporidium

Test codes:

P0008 - Ultrasensitive qualitative screen for Cryptosporidium by real time polymerase chain reaction. This screen detects but does not differentiate Cryptosporidium species.

P0008 is included on P0022 - canine diarrhea panel, on P0028 - feline diarrhea panel and on P0041 - waterborne pathogens screening panel

Several of the 13+ species in the Cryptosporidium genus have been confirmed as causative agents of human disease. Cryptosporidium is a parasitic protozoan that is transmitted by multiple routes; the animal host range is diverse. The following Cryptosporidium species are currently accepted, on the basis of host specificity, pathogenesis, morphology and genotyping:

Infecting mammals: Cryptosporidium hominis, C. parvum, C. wrairi, C. felis, C. canis, C. andersoni, C. muris and C. ubiquitum

Infecting birds: C. baileyi, C. meleagridis and C. galli

Infecting reptiles: C. serpentis and C. saurophilum

Infecting fish: C. molnari

Phylogenetic analyses have been largely based on sequencing of the small subunit rRNA gene (18S rRNA), the hsp 70 gene, or other housekeeping or structural genes. These analyses reveal that the various Cryptosporidium species interact in complex ways with hosts. For example, the specific host of C. felis is cats, but this species has also been isolated from a cow, while C. andersoni is morphologically close to C. muris but infects cattle rather than mice. And C. parvum includes a complex of subspecies that specifically infect cattle, pigs, kangaroos, ferrets or monkeys.

With the advance of molecular techniques, knowledge of the epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis has significantly increased. It has been shown that the vast majority of human cases are caused by C. hominis (synonymous with C. parvum genotype 1) and C. parvum (synonymous with C. parvum genotype 2). Other species, including C. meleagridis, C. felis, C. canis and C. muris can also infect humans and are linked to clinical disease, not only in immunocompromised patients but also in immunocompetent people.

PCR is a rapid and extremely sensitive technique for detection of Cryptosporidium.

Utilities:

  • Help confirm the disease causing agent
  • Shorten the time required to confirm a clinical diagnosis of Cryptosporidium infection.
  • Help ensure that animal groups and facilities are free of Cryptosporidium
  • Early prevention of spread of this protozoan
  • Minimize human exposure to this protozoan

References:
Thomas, A.L. and Chalmers, R.M. (2003) Investigation of the range of Cryptosporidium species detected by commercially available antibody-based tests. Proceedings of the Health Protection Agency Inaugural Conference, Warwick, September.

Specimen requirements: Rectal swab or 0.2 ml feces.

Contact Zoologix if advice is needed to determine an appropriate specimen type for a specific diagnostic application. For specimen types not listed here, please contact Zoologix 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: 2 business days

Methodology: Qualitative real time PCR

Normal range: Nondetected

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