All Veterinary Lab Tests with Sample Details

RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Giardia RT-PCR

Giardia RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Giardia, a tiny gut parasite, in a faeces sample from a dog or cat. It can help your vet find Giardia as a cause of diarrhoea when cysts are hard to see under a microscope.

Faeces

Sample: Faeces
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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Cryptosporidium RT-PCR

Cryptosporidium RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Cryptosporidium, a very small gut parasite, in faeces. It can help your vet find a cause of diarrhoea in calves, dogs and cats, and the parasite can also infect people.

Faeces

Sample: Faeces
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Salmonella RT-PCR

Salmonella RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Salmonella bacteria in faeces or a swab. It can help your vet check whether Salmonella may be behind diarrhoea or fever in dogs, cats, cows and buffaloes. Salmonella can also infect people.

Faeces or swab

Sample: Faeces or swab
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

FeLV RT-PCR (Proviral DNA / RNA)

FeLV RT-PCR is a blood test for cats that looks for the genetic material of feline leukaemia virus (FeLV), including virus DNA that has become part of the cat's own cells. Vets use it when antigen test results are unclear or infection may be at an early stage.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

FIV RT-PCR (Proviral DNA)

FIV RT-PCR is a blood test for cats that looks for the DNA of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) inside the cat's own blood cells. It is especially useful in kittens, whose antibody tests can be falsely positive because of antibodies passed on by their mother.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

FCoV / FIP RT-PCR

FCoV / FIP RT-PCR is a test that looks for the genetic material (RNA) of feline coronavirus in a cat's effusion fluid, blood or faeces. Many healthy cats carry this virus, so a positive result on its own does not mean the cat has FIP.

Effusion fluid, EDTA blood or faeces

Sample: Effusion fluid, EDTA blood or faeces
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Feline Panleukopenia (FPV) RT-PCR

Feline Panleukopenia (FPV) RT-PCR is a test that looks for the DNA of feline parvovirus, the cause of panleukopenia, in a cat's faeces or blood. It can help detect this severe and contagious disease of kittens.

Faeces or whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Faeces or whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Feline Herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) RT-PCR

FHV-1 RT-PCR looks for the DNA of feline herpesvirus type 1 on a swab from a cat's eye or throat. It can help your vet confirm a common cause of cat flu, eye discharge and sores on the surface of the eye.

Conjunctival or oropharyngeal swab

Sample: Conjunctival or oropharyngeal swab
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Feline Calicivirus (FCV) RT-PCR

Feline calicivirus RT-PCR looks for the genetic material of feline calicivirus on a throat swab. It can help your vet confirm a common cause of cat flu, mouth ulcers and sore gums in cats.

Oropharyngeal swab

Sample: Oropharyngeal swab
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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Chlamydia felis RT-PCR

Chlamydia felis RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Chlamydia felis bacteria on a swab from a cat's eye. It can help your vet find the cause of conjunctivitis, a red, sore and watery eye, that keeps coming back.

Conjunctival swab

Sample: Conjunctival swab
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Haemotropic Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma haemofelis) RT-PCR

The Haemotropic Mycoplasma RT-PCR is a blood test for cats that looks for the DNA of haemoplasmas, mainly Mycoplasma haemofelis, tiny germs on red blood cells that cause feline infectious anaemia. It can find infections that a blood smear can miss.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Feline Respiratory Disease RT-PCR Panel (Cat Flu)

The Feline Respiratory Disease RT-PCR Panel is a swab test that looks for the genetic material of common cat flu germs, typically feline herpesvirus-1, feline calicivirus, Chlamydia felis, Bordetella and Mycoplasma felis. The exact list is confirmed when you book.

Conjunctival or oropharyngeal swab

Sample: Conjunctival or oropharyngeal swab
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Feline Diarrhoea RT-PCR Panel

The Feline Diarrhoea RT-PCR Panel is a stool test that looks for the genetic material of common causes of diarrhoea in cats, such as panleukopenia virus, coronavirus, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Salmonella and Tritrichomonas. The exact list is confirmed when you book.

Faeces

Sample: Faeces
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Tritrichomonas foetus RT-PCR (Cat)

Tritrichomonas foetus RT-PCR looks for the DNA of this single-celled parasite in a cat's faeces. It can help your vet find the cause of long-lasting large bowel diarrhoea, most often in young cats.

Faeces

Sample: Faeces
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

FMD Virus RT-PCR

FMD Virus RT-PCR is a test that looks for the genetic material (RNA) of foot-and-mouth disease virus in samples from blisters or the mouth of cows and buffaloes. A vet takes the sample, and owners should tell their vet or the animal husbandry department about suspected cases.

Vesicular fluid, epithelium, probang or swab

Sample: Vesicular fluid, epithelium, probang or swab
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) RT-PCR

Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) RT-PCR is a test that looks for the DNA of lumpy skin disease virus in skin lumps, scabs, swabs or blood of cows and buffaloes. It is commonly used to help confirm lumpy skin disease.

Skin nodule, scab, swab or EDTA blood

Sample: Skin nodule, scab, swab or EDTA blood
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

BVD Virus RT-PCR

BVD Virus RT-PCR is a test that looks for the genetic material (RNA) of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in serum, blood or an ear notch from cows and buffaloes. It can find animals with a current infection and persistently infected (PI) animals that spread the virus.

Serum, EDTA blood or ear notch

Sample: Serum, EDTA blood or ear notch
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Bluetongue Virus RT-PCR

Bluetongue RT-PCR looks for the genetic material (RNA) of bluetongue virus in a blood sample from cows and buffaloes. It can help your vet confirm infection, including in animals that look healthy.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

IBR (BoHV-1) RT-PCR

IBR RT-PCR looks for the DNA of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1), the cause of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, in a nasal swab, semen or tissue. It can help your vet confirm IBR in cows, buffaloes and breeding bulls.

Nasal swab, semen or tissue

Sample: Nasal swab, semen or tissue
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Theileria annulata RT-PCR

Theileria annulata RT-PCR is a blood test that looks for the DNA of the tick-borne parasite that causes tropical theileriosis in cows and buffaloes. It can find much smaller amounts of the parasite than a blood smear, including in carrier animals that look healthy.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Babesia bigemina / bovis RT-PCR

Babesia RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis in a blood sample. It can help your vet confirm babesiosis, or redwater, a tick fever of cows and buffaloes, even when few parasites are in the blood.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Anaplasma marginale RT-PCR

Anaplasma marginale RT-PCR looks for the DNA of Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne bacterium that lives in red blood cells, in a blood sample. It can help your vet confirm anaplasmosis, a cause of anaemia in cows and buffaloes.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Bovine Tick Fever RT-PCR Panel (Theileria, Babesia & Anaplasma)

The Bovine Tick Fever RT-PCR Panel is a blood test that looks for the main tick-borne blood infections of cows and buffaloes in one sample. It typically covers Theileria, Babesia and Anaplasma, and the exact list is confirmed when you book.

Whole blood (EDTA)

Sample: Whole blood (EDTA)
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests

Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (Pasteurella multocida) RT-PCR

HS RT-PCR is a test that looks for the DNA of Pasteurella multocida, the germ behind haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS, called galghotu in Hindi), a fast and often fatal disease of cows and buffaloes. It can help a vet confirm HS from blood, nasal swabs or tissue.

Whole blood, nasal swab or tissue

Sample: Whole blood, nasal swab or tissue
Report time: Confirmed when you book

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RT-PCR / Molecular Tests tests

Giardia RT-PCR

Cryptosporidium RT-PCR

Salmonella RT-PCR

FeLV RT-PCR (Proviral DNA / RNA)

FIV RT-PCR (Proviral DNA)

FCoV / FIP RT-PCR

Feline Panleukopenia (FPV) RT-PCR

Feline Herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) RT-PCR

Feline Calicivirus (FCV) RT-PCR

Chlamydia felis RT-PCR

Haemotropic Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma haemofelis) RT-PCR

Feline Respiratory Disease RT-PCR Panel (Cat Flu)

Feline Diarrhoea RT-PCR Panel

Tritrichomonas foetus RT-PCR (Cat)

FMD Virus RT-PCR

Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) RT-PCR

BVD Virus RT-PCR

Bluetongue Virus RT-PCR

IBR (BoHV-1) RT-PCR

Theileria annulata RT-PCR

Babesia bigemina / bovis RT-PCR

Anaplasma marginale RT-PCR

Bovine Tick Fever RT-PCR Panel (Theileria, Babesia & Anaplasma)

Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (Pasteurella multocida) RT-PCR

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