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  TEST NAME Glaesserella parasuis (Previously known as "Haemophilus parasuis") PCR (MDL-1302)
  SECTION Molecular Service
  SPECIMENS Swabs (Nasal, Tracheal, Bronchial, Pericardial or Joint)
(5 gm) Tissue (Lung, Lymph node, Tonsil, Heart or Fibrin)
(1.0 ml) Fluid (BAL, Pleural, Pericardial, Peritoneal or Joint)
Cultures or Slants

A gel bacterial swab is not acceptable.

Cotton tipped and/or wooden shaft swabs are not ideal samples for PCR.


  SPECIES Porcine
  PRICING $46.75
  SAMPLE CONTAINER Spill-proof container or viral transport media
  SHIPPING PRESERVE Cold Pack
  DAYS TESTED M-Th
  ESTIMATED TURNAROUND 2 business days
  TEST COMMENTS

Swabs must be submitted in one of the following:

• 0.25 ml sterile saline

• Viral transport media

• Copan-Eswab system


A gel bacterial swab is not acceptable

Cotton tipped and/or wooden shaft swabs are not ideal samples for PCR


Reported as Positive, Negative

  PROCEDURES Polymerase chain reaction
  DELIVERY METHOD Next day delivery or 2 day transit is recommended
  SECTION GROUP Molecular Diagnostics