Tick Fever Panel RT-PCR (4 Strain: B. gibsoni, B. canis, E. canis & Anaplasma spp.)
This RT-PCR panel checks a dog's blood for the DNA of four tick-borne germs, Babesia gibsoni, Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma, to help show which tick fever, or which mix, is making the dog ill.
- Sample
- Whole blood
- Quantity
- 3 mL
- Report
- Confirmed when you book
- Collection
- Free in Bhopal
What this test checks
- Babesia gibsoni (a small parasite of red blood cells)
- Babesia canis (a larger parasite of red blood cells)
- Ehrlichia canis (a germ of white blood cells)
- Anaplasma species (germs of platelets or white blood cells)
- Whether one germ or a mixed infection is present
Benefits of this test
- Covers four tick-borne germs in a single blood draw.
- Adding Anaplasma may help explain low platelets or bleeding.
- Can show a mixed infection that a single-germ test would miss.
- Avoids separate blood draws for each germ.
When your vet may advise it
- A dog has fever, tiredness and poor appetite, and ticks are present or were seen earlier.
- A dog has low platelets or low red cells on a blood count and the cause is not clear.
- A dog has nosebleeds, bruising or tiny red dots on the gums or skin.
- Tick fever signs return after the dog seemed to recover.
- A dog from a home or kennel with heavy ticks becomes unwell for no clear reason.
- A single-germ PCR was negative, but the dog is still unwell and the vet suspects another tick-borne germ.
About this test
This is the wider tick fever PCR panel for dogs. One blood sample is checked for four germs spread by ticks. Babesia gibsoni and Babesia canis infect red blood cells, Ehrlichia canis infects white blood cells, and Anaplasma species can infect platelets or white blood cells. Platelets are the cells that help blood to clot.
PCR is a test that finds a germ's DNA, its genetic material. Adding Anaplasma means the panel covers more of the germs behind tick fever signs, which helps because a dog can carry more than one tick-borne germ at the same time. As PCR finds the germ itself, it points to infection happening now and not only past exposure.
Vets choose the 4-strain panel when signs such as fever, pale gums, bleeding or low platelets could come from more than one germ. It is a PCR test, not a rapid kit or an antibody test. Reporting time is confirmed when you book.
How to prepare
Your dog does not need to fast. A whole blood sample is taken, ideally before tick-fever medicines are started, but follow your vet's advice and do not delay care. Keep the blood cool and get it to the lab soon; free sample collection is available anywhere in Bhopal, and from outside Bhopal it can go by courier, bus parcel or through your local vet, with the lab coordinating by phone or WhatsApp.
Reading the result
The result lists each germ as found or not found. Your registered veterinarian puts it together with the dog's signs, tick history and blood counts, and may repeat or add tests because a negative PCR does not always rule out infection.
Questions about Tick Fever Panel RT-PCR (4 Strain: B. gibsoni, B. canis, E. canis & Anaplasma spp.)
Which germs does the 4-strain tick fever panel cover?
What is Anaplasma and why is it included?
Can a dog have more than one tick fever at the same time?
Should a healthy dog with ticks take this test?
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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