Top dogs can catch things too!  Our NEW dog show panel checks for 8 pathogens potentially transmissible at dog shows.

 Neuro symptoms getting on your nerves? Try our canine neurological panel - 6 neurological pathogens from 1 CSF sample; or our feline neurological panel - 5 neurological pathogens from 1 CSF sample.

Oh baby! Try our canine breeding PCR panel - 3 canine sexually transmitted diseases tested from swabs or semen samples.

Respiratory symptoms got you breathless? Try our canine respiratory PCR panel - we test for 8 canine respiratory pathogens from throat, nasal and eye swabs.

...or maybe you need our feline respiratory PCR panel -- 6 feline respiratory pathogens from throat, nasal and eye swabs.

Diarrhea got you on the run? Try our canine diarrhea PCR panel -- 8 major diarrheagenic agents from 1 fecal specimen...
...OR our 9-pathogen feline diarrhea PCR panel.

Not feeling sanguine about bloodborne pathogens in cats? Try our feline bloodborne PCR panel -- 4 major bloodborne pathogens from 1 blood sample.

Ticks bugging you? Try our tickborne disease PCR panel -- 7 major tickborne pathogens from 1 blood sample.

Just plain sick and tired? Try our canine anemia PCR panel or our feline anemia PCR panel -- detect and differentiate multiple anemia pathogens from 1 blood sample.

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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

Canine adenovirus type 2

Canine circovirus

Canine enteric coronavirus (CCV1)

Canine distemper

Canine herpesvirus

Canine papillomavirus

Canine parainfluenza virus

Canine parvovirus

Canine pneumovirus

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


Reovirus PCR test for dogs and cats

dog and cat assay data sheet

Reovirus screen

Test code S0120  - Ultrasensitive qualitative screen for mammalian reoviruses by reverse transcription coupled real time PCR.  This assay detects a wide range of mammalian reoviruses but does not detect avian reovirus strains.

 

Reoviruses are comprised of 10 to 12 double-stranded RNA genomic segments that can reassort both in nature and in laboratory settings. The most common mammalian isolates are type 1 (Lang), type 2 (Jones), and type 3 (Dearing).

Reoviruses have a high endemic infection rate in many mammals, such as primates, cattle, cats, dogs, rodents and swine. These viruses are common in raw water sources and are often found along with other animal viruses. In humans, the viruses cause only asymptomatic or mild respiratory infections. However, research suggests that reoviruses may be associated with potentially more severe illnesses. Reoviruses have been linked to neonatal hepatitis, extrahepatic biliary atresia, meningitis and myocarditis. Also, immunocompromised, young and elderly individuals may become susceptible to severe bacterial respiratory disease due to an initial reovirus infection.

Due to their widespread occurrence and the ability of these viruses to survive a long period of time in the environment, contamination of water sources has been frequently reported. Animals are especially prone to infection by these viruses. Xenotransplantation of animal organs is severely endangered by potential contamination with these viruses.

Diagnosis of reovirus infection by nonmolecular means is very difficult and is usually based on virus isolation on cell cultures and electron microscopy. These methods are not very sensitive (Muscillo et al., 2001) and are likely underestimate the presence of these viruses in animals and humans. Molecular detection by PCR is the most sensitive, rapid and specific method for identifying reoviruses.

Utilities:

  • Help confirm the disease causing agent
  • Help ensure that animal groups and populations are free of reoviruses
  • Early prevention of spread of reoviruses among a population
  • Minimize human exposure to reoviruses
  • Safety monitoring of biological products and vaccines that derive from susceptible animals

References:
Muscillo M., La Rosa G., Marianelli C., Zaniratti S., Capobianchi M.R., Cantiani L. and Carducci A. (2001) A new RT-PCR method for the identification of reoviruses in seawater samples, Water Res. 35:548–556.

Specimen requirement: Tracheal swab, nasal swab or rectal swab, or 0.2 ml feces, or 0.2 ml whole blood in EDTA (purple top) tube.

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 reverse transcription coupled real time PCR

Normal range: Nondetected

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