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African horse sickness

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Anoplocephala

Anoplocephaloides

Aspergillus

Babesia

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Burkholderia mallei and pseudomallei

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Equine herpesvirus
type 1

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type 2

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type 3

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type 4

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type 5

Equine infectious anemia (EIA)

Equine parvovirus

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Equine rhinitis virus A

Equine rhinitis virus B

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Glanders

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Horsepox virus

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Lawsonia intracellularis

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Neospora caninum

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Potomac horse fever

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Strangles (Strep equi)

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Strongyles

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Taylorella equigenitalis

Theileria equi

Toxoplasma gondii

Trichomonas/
Tritrichomonas

Trypanosoma equiperdum

Trypanosoma evansi

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE)

Vesicular stomatitis

West Nile virus (WNV)

Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE)

Yersinia enterocolitica

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Genetic tests for...

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis


Anaplasma phagocytophilum PCR test

equine assay data sheet

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Test code:
B0101 - Ultrasensitive detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophilum) by real time PCR

 

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a gram-negative bacterium formerly known as Ehrlichia phagocytophilum. It causes anaplasmosis in horses, and also in sheep and cattle, where it is known as tick-borne fever and pasture fever respectively. The bacteria tend to attack neutrophils and when they infect humans, they can cause human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

The bacteria are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick. The black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the vector of A. phagocytophilum in the northeastern and upper midwestern United States. The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) is the primary vector in Northern California.

When humans are infected, it may take one to two weeks before symptoms develop. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, skin rash (in rare occasions), leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and mild injury to the liver.

When animals are infected with these bacteria, they may develop lethargy, ataxia, inappetence, and weak or painful limbs, but the most severe changes are anemia and leukopenia. The infection is often confused with Lyme disease, another tick-borne illness.

Serological detection of these bacteria can take some time to reach a definitive diagnosis. Molecular detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a highly specific and sensitive way to detect the presence of these bacteria, and should be considered as an alternative to the serological method (Kirtz et al., 2005).

Utilities:

  • Help confirm the disease causing agent
  • Shorten the time required to confirm a clinical diagnosis of Anaplasma infection
  • Help ensure that herds are free of Anaplasma
  • Early prevention of spread of Anaplasma among animals
  • Minimize human exposure to Anaplasma
  • Safety monitoring of biological products that derive from susceptible animals.

References:
Kirtz, G., Meli, M., Leidinger, E., Ludwig, P., Thum, D., Czettel, B., Kölbl, S. and Lutz, H. (2005) Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a dog: identifying the causative agent using PCR. J. Small Anim. Pract. 46:300-303.

Specimen requirement: 0.2 ml whole blood in EDTA (purple top) tube, or 0.2 ml fresh, frozen or fixed tissue.

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

African horse sickness PCR test

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