
Tied off loop of bowel refrigerated and less than 24 hour old or frozen Kidney, spleen, lymph node (tracheobronchial preferred)

Intestinal swab or fecal swab in Amies transport media If convalescent samples will not be collected, or when infectious abortion is strongly suspected due to history, immediate testing of acute sample may be warranted.įresh feces in leak-proof sterile container To avoid testing acute samples twice, hold and submit with convalescent samples. If second, convalescent samples are later submitted, tests on both samples will be run in parallel and fees for both samples will be charged. If acute samples are submitted alone please indicated if all tests should be performed. When acute and convalescent samples are/will be collected, for most serology assays they should always be tested in parallel, and paired results interpreted.

Maternal heparin whole blood (green top tube) Maternal EDTA whole blood (lavender top tube) or If indicated, add Virus Isolation ( VI) (ex: Caprine Herpesvirus 1) on fresh tissue: lung, placenta including cotyledons, abomasal contents, kidney, liver, heart, adrenal, skin. If indicated, add Selenium on fetal liver. If indicated, add Border Disease SN ( OBDVSN) to heart blood (serum), peritoneal, pleural or pericardial fluid in sterile red top tube. If placentitis present, add Coxiella burnetii PCR ( COXPCR) to placenta (abomasal contents or lung if placenta not available). Ship fresh tissue chilled and protect fixed tissue from freezing.
#Caprine challenger full
If full necropsy desired, see necropsy testing. Submit 2 fresh tissue samples: placenta including cotyledons and fetal kidney preferred stomach contents acceptable
#Caprine challenger skin
Heart blood, pericardial, peritoneal or thoracic effusionįormalin fixed tissue: placenta, liver, lung, brain, adrenal, heart, thymus, small intestine, kidney, fetal skin Placenta including cotyledon if no placenta use lung Liver preferred placenta if liver unavailable

If either one is not available, use abomasal contents in a red top tube Submit 2 fresh tissue samples: placenta including cotyledons and liver. Submit 3 fresh tissue samples: placenta, lung, and stomach contents - labelled in individual containers for 3 aerobic culturesįresh lung if not available, use spleen or heartīovine Virus Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) SN, Type 1įetal heart blood or pleural, pericardial or peritoneal effusion in a red top tubeīovine Virus Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) SN, Type 2
