Service category:
Available Tests [1]
Service audience:
Other [2]
Description:
Code:
cultbe1
Lab:
B
Days test started:
M-F
TAT:
5-18 d
Available for:
Food Animal
Specimen Type/Volume
1) Brood comb, honey, pollen, wax debris, dead bees. 2) Live bees.Shipping Information
Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.Collection Protocol
Collect a piece of brood comb 10 x 10 cm, minimum 40 mL of honey, minimum 50 bees or scrapings of wax debris into a leakproof sterile container. 1) Refrigerate. 2) Freeze or submerge in 70% ethanol.Additional Information
For isolation of Paenibacillus larvae (American foulbrood). Susceptibility testing is not included but it is available. Please email the lab at ahlbact@uoguelph.ca for additional information.