Species
Bovine
Diagnostic Section
Molecular Diagnostics
Test Codes
8243
Test Fee
$112.00
Setup Days
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Turn Around Time
2-4 days
Shipping Requirements
Label all samples. Ship overnight with cold packs in an insulated container. Ship Monday-Thursday only. Submit specimens in sealed leak-proof containers.
Specimen Requirements
Deep nasal swab, tracheal or pharyngeal swab, transtracheal wash, BAL, or lung
Collection Protocol
Place swab in a sterile, leak-proof container (e.g. red top tube), may submit dry or with a few drops of saline or viral transport media. Do not submit swabs in tubes containing gel, Amies media or media containing charcoal. Cotton swabs on wooden shafts are not suitable for PCR testing. Submit synthetic swabs on plastic or wire shafts.
Detection of bovine coronavirus (BCoV), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), bovine herpes virus-1 (BHV-1 / IBR), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), bovine parainfluenza-3 virus (PI-3) and Mycoplasma bovis by real time PCR. Test is available as STAT if requested, for an additional fee. Same day results provided for STAT specimens submitted before 10:00 a.m. Results for STAT specimens submitted after 10:00 a.m. receive priority status and are reported as soon as they are available, at least by the following business day. Panel Includes: Bovine Coronavirus PCR (BCV, BCoV), Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 PCR (BHV-1 / IBR), Bovine Parainfluenza 3 Virus PCR (BPI3), Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus PCR (BRSV), Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus PCR (BVDV), Mycoplasma bovis PCR