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.
- Sample
- Whole blood (EDTA)
- Quantity
- As advised
- Report
- Confirmed when you book
- Collection
- Free in Bhopal
What this test checks
- Bluetongue virus RNA in whole blood (EDTA) from a cow or buffalo
- Whether an animal is carrying the virus, even if it shows no signs
When your vet may advise it
- Fever, mouth or nose sores, a swollen face or lameness in cows or buffaloes
- A sudden drop in milk with fever in several animals at a time when midges are active
- Checking animals before they are moved, sold or used for breeding, when your vet advises
- Your vet wants to tell bluetongue apart from other causes of mouth sores
About this test
Bluetongue is a virus disease spread mainly by tiny biting insects called midges, rather than by contact between animals. In cows and buffaloes it is often mild or shows no signs, but some animals get fever, sores in the mouth and nose, a swollen face, lameness or a drop in milk. Infected animals can carry the virus in their blood for a while, which lets midges spread it. RT-PCR turns the virus RNA into DNA and copies it, so it can be detected in EDTA blood. Virus material can stay in the blood after recovery, so a positive does not always mean active illness. A registered veterinarian interprets the result.
How to prepare
Your vet takes blood into an EDTA tube, the tube that stops clotting. Tell the vet if animals have been bought in or moved recently. The lab confirms the method, sample needs and reporting time when you book.
Questions about Bluetongue Virus RT-PCR
Can bluetongue spread directly from one cow or buffalo to another?
What should I do if my vet suspects bluetongue in my herd?
Before you book this test
Why this notice: so you know, before you book, how a test is done, what its limits are and who is responsible.
- Where it is tested. Some tests are done wholly or partly by an independent partner laboratory. The lab tells you before booking if this test is sent out, and the report names the laboratory that did it.
- What a result can and cannot tell you. No test is right every time. A normal result does not rule out every disease, and an abnormal result does not prove one. A registered veterinarian should read the report with the animal’s signs and history before any treatment is started, changed or stopped.
- The sample. A sample that is clotted, too small, wrongly labelled, leaking or too old may be rejected or reported with a note, and the lab may ask for a fresh one.
- Reporting time. Confirmed when you book. Times are estimates, not guarantees, and the lab confirms the time when you book.
- Emergencies. A booking or a pending report must not delay urgent care. If an animal has collapsed, struggles to breathe, has fits or bleeds heavily, call a veterinarian at once.
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