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Avian reovirus - PCR

Service category: 
Available Tests [1]
Service audience: 
Avian [2]
Description: 

Code:

reorrt

Lab:

V

Days test started:

M-F

TAT:

1-5 d

Available for:

Food Animal

Specimen Type/Volume

Live: cloacal swab. Dead: closed hocks, sterile joint swab (viral arthritis), liver, spleen, trachea, lung.

Shipping Information

Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.

Collection Protocol

Collect swabs with virus transport medium (VTM). May pool up to 5 together. Indicate on submission form. No fecal contamination of organs. Feces or intestines package separately.

Additional Information

See AHL LabNote 36* [3] and See AHL LabNote 60* [4] .

Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/services/avian-reovirus-pcr

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-category/available-tests [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/avian [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/content/ahl-labnote-36-clinical-sampling-virology-testing-ahl-%E2%80%93-sampling-supplies [4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/ahl-labnote-60-avian-reovirus-testing-hock-joints-sampling-and-submission