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Agent |
Comments |
Laboratory |
16SrRNA (bacterial ID) |
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae |
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae |
serotypes 3,6,8 |
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae/Actinobacillus
suis |
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Actinobacillus suis |
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Adult Equine Diarrhea Panel |
Includes: Salmonella spp., Clostridium. difficile types A and B,
Clostridium perfringens types A & C,& Coronavirus |
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Anaplasma / Ehrlichia |
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Anaplasma marginale |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ehrlichia
equi) |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum/ Borrelia
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Anaplasma platys |
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Anaplasma spp. |
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Bacillus
anthracis |
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Bacterial Identification by DNA Sequencing (16S rRNA gene) |
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Bartonella hensalae |
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Bartonella spp. |
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Bordetella avium |
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Bordetella bronchiseptica |
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Bordetella spp. |
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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) |
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu
lato |
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Borrelia spp. |
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Bovine Abortion Screen |
Unspecified |
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Bovine Reproductive Panel 1 |
Includes: Tritrichomonas foetus, Campylobacter fetus, Leptospira
spp. |
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Bovine Reproductive Panel 2 |
Includes: Tritrichomonas foetus, Campylobacter fetus |
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Bovine Respiratory Bacterial Pathogen Screen |
Includes Mycoplasma bovis, Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimia haemolytica |
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Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and Brachyspira pilosicoli Duplex |
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Brachyspira Sequencing |
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Brucella
(marine mammal) |
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Brucella spp. |
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Campylobacter
coli |
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Campylobacter
fetus |
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Campylobacter
fetus Differentiation (PCR) |
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Campylobacter
jejuni |
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Campylobacter
spp. |
Detects, but does not differentiate, thermotolerant
campylobacters only; C. coli, C. jejuni, C.lari, C. upsaliensis |
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Campylobacter
upsaliensis |
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Canine Diarrhea Pediatric Panel |
Includes: Campylobactor sp.,
Salmonella sp., Lawsonia intracellularis,
Clostridium toxins A & B,Clostridium
perfringens entertoxin, Giardia, Rotavirus,
Cryptosporidium, Canine Parvovirus, Coronavirus |
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Canine Neurological Disease, Central Nervous System |
Includes Toxoplasma gondii,
Cryptococcus neoformans, Neospora
caninum, Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme's disease), Canine distempervirus
(CDV) |
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Canine Respiratory Panel |
Includes: Bordetella bronchiseptica,
Mycoplasma spp., Canine Adenovirus, Influenza A (all subtypes), Canine
Distemper virus, Coronavirus |
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Caprine/Ovine Diarrhea PCR Panel |
Includes: E. coli F41, E. coli K99, Coronavirus,
Cryptosporidium, Rotavirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens alpha, beta,
iota, & epsilon toxins, and endotoxin |
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Chlamydia psittaci |
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Chlamydia
spp. |
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Chlamydophila felis |
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Clostridium
difficile |
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Clostridium
difficile Toxin A & B |
Detects and differentiates Enterotoxin A and Cytotoxin
B |
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Clostridium
perfringens |
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Clostridium
perfringens Enterotoxin |
Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin (CPE) |
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Clostridium piliforme |
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Clostridium
spp. |
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Clostridium toxins screen |
C. difficile toxins A and B, C. perfringens type A,B,C,D,E,CPE
C. perfingens Type A = a toxin Type B = a, ß, e
toxins Type C = a, ß toxins Type D = a, e toxins Type E = a, I toxins |
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Colony Collapse Disorder Panel |
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Coxiella burnetii (marine mammal) |
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Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) |
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E. coli |
Enteroaggregative |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic fimbrial type F41 associated with
neonatal colibacillosis in calves |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic fimbrial type K99 associated with
neonatal colibacillosis in calves |
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E. coli |
Shiga-like verotoxin-2 |
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E. coli |
Shiga-like verotoxin 2e |
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E. coli |
Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 |
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E. coli |
Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 2 |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic-Heat Labile toxin |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic- Heat Stable I Toxin |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic- Heat Stable II Toxin |
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E. coli |
Enteroinvasive responsible for colisepticaecemia |
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E. coli |
Attaching and effacing strains of E. coli produce verotoxins |
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E. coli |
Enterotoxigenic fimbrial type F41 associated with
neonatal colibacillosis in calves |
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E. coli multiplex |
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Ehrlichia canis |
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Ehrlichia canis, chaeffensis,
ewingii |
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Ehrlichia spp. |
Detects all species within the genus |
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Ehrlichia spp/Anaplasma/Neorickettsia/Wolbachia |
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Enterocytozoon bieneusi |
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae |
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Erysipelothrix spp. |
Genus specific. This test does not differentiate by species. |
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Escherichia
coli |
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Escherichia
coli Genotyping |
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Feline Diarrhea PCR Panel |
Includes: Campylobacter jejuni/ coli,
Salmonella spp., Lawsonia intracellularis,
Clostrium difficile toxins A & B, Clostridium
perfringens enterotoxin, Feline Parvovirus (Panleukopenina),
Tritrichomonas foetus |
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Feline Herpes
and Chlamydia (Chlamydophila) Combo |
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Fish Barcode DNA Sequencing for Species Identification |
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Flavobacterium columnare |
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Flavobacterium psychrophilum |
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Francisella tularensis |
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Genotype Analysis, Bacterial (BioNumerics) |
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Haemophilus parasuis |
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Helicobacter hepaticus |
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Helicobacter spp. |
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Klebsiella pneumoniae |
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Lab Animal Clostridium Toxin |
C.perfringens toxins alpha, beta, epsilon, iota, and enterotoxin. Clostridium
difficile toxins A & B |
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Lab Animal Primate Fecal Panel II |
Includes: Salmonella spp., Shigella
spp., Campylobacter thermotolerant species ( jejuni, coli, upsaliensis, lari), Yersinia enterocolitica. |
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Lawsonia intracellularis |
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Leptospira spp. |
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Listeria
monocytogenes |
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Listeria spp. |
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Lyme Disease
(Borrelia burgdorferi) |
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Manhemia haemolytica |
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Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus |
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MRSA mec A |
Detects the mecA gene. |
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MRSA nucA |
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Mycobacterium avium |
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Mycobacterium
avium avium |
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Mycobacterium
avium complex |
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Mycobacterium avium spp. paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) |
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Mycobacterium
bovis or tuberculosis |
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Mycobacterium
genavense |
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Mycobacterium
intracellulare complex |
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Mycobacterium
spp. |
All species of mycobacterium |
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Mycoplasma (avian) |
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Mycoplasma (canine) |
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Mycoplasma (companion
and food/fiber animal) |
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Mycoplasma agassizil |
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Mycoplasma bovis |
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Mycoplasma columbinum (pigeon) |
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Mycoplasma felis |
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum & M. synoviae
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Mycoplasma haematoparvum |
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Mycoplasma haemobos |
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Mycoplasma haemocanis |
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Mycoplasma haemofelis |
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Mycoplasma haemolamae |
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Mycoplasma haemominutum |
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Mycoplasma haemovis |
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae |
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Mycoplasma hyorhinis |
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Mycoplasma hyosynoviae |
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Mycoplasma iowae |
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Mycoplasma meleagridis |
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Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae |
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Mycoplasma ovis |
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Mycoplasma pulmonis |
Rodents |
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Mycoplasma
spp. |
All species |
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Mycoplasma spp., Horse Hemotropic |
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Mycoplasma
spp., milk |
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Mycoplasma synoviae |
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Mycoplasma turicensis |
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Mycoplasmas, Canine Hemotropic |
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Mycoplasmas, Feline Hemotropic |
This test includes both M.
haemominutum and M. haemofelis. |
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Neoehrlichia mikurensis |
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Neorickettsia risticii |
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Nocardia spp. |
Genus specific. This test does not differentiate by species |
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Pasteurella multocida |
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Pasteurella multocida Toxin Testing |
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Pasteurella pneumotropica |
Detects and differentiates both 'Heyl'
and 'Jawetz' biotypes |
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Pasteurellaceae leukotoxin (Ikta
gene) |
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Pediatric Equine Diarrhea Panel |
Includes: Salmonella, Clostridium difficile types A & B,
Clostridium perfringens types A & C, Rotavirus, & Coronavirus |
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Pigeon Test Panel |
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Psittacine Tri-Plex Panel |
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Renibacterium salmoninarum
(BKD) Nested |
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Rhodococcus equi |
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Rhodococcus -vapA Virulence Gene |
A positive culture is required to confirm the presence of the vapA gene. |
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Rickettsia helvetica |
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Rickettsia rickettsii |
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Rickettsia spp. |
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Rickettsia
spp. |
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Salmonella cholerasuis Argus-Vaccine
Identification |
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Salmonella enterica |
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Salmonella enteritidis |
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Salmonella spp. |
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Salmonella
typhimurium |
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Serpulina hyodysenteriae |
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Shigella spp |
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Staphylococcus
aureus |
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Staphylococcus
enterotoxins A-I |
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Staphylococcus
necrotizing factors A,B |
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Streptococcus
equi |
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Streptococcus
equi ssp. equi |
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Streptococcus
equi ssp. zooepidemicus |
Also suitable for screening samples from horses. |
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Streptococcus
suis |
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Streptococcus
suis Serotyping (Serotypes 1, 2, 7 and 9) |
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Swine Enteritis Screen PCR |
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Taylorella equigenitalis |
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Tritrichomonas foetus |
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Ureaplasma |
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Yersinia enterocolitica |
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Yersinia pestis |
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Yersinia ruckeri |
AHT: Animal Health Trust, UK
CO: Colorado State University, USA
COR: Cornell University, USA
CDC: Centers for Disease Control, USA
CT: University of Connecticut, USA
DCPAH: Michigan State University, USA
GLAS: University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
GOC: University of Guelph, Canada
GmBH: IVD GmBH, Germany
IDL: infectious Disease Laboratory, USA
ISU: Iowa State University, USA
KSU: Kansas State University, USA
Labo: Laboklin, multiple locations in Europe
MO: University of Missouri, USA
NC: North Carolina State University, USA
NDSU: North Dakota State University, USA
NE: Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, USA
PUR: Purdue University, USA
SKW: Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatchewan, Canada
TOSU: The Ohio State University, USA
TVMDL: Texas Vet Med Diagnostic Lab, USA
UA: University of Arizona, Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, USA
UCD: University of California- Davis, USA
ULiv: University of Liverpool, England, UK
UGA: University of Georgia, USA
UM: University of Minnesota, USA
UNAM: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
UPenn: University of Pennsylvania, USA
UPre: University of Pretoria, South Africa
OSU: Oregon State University, USA
VETD: Vet Diagnostics, Lyon, France
VIO: Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
WSU: Washington State University, USA
Zurich: University of Zurich, Switzerland