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Porcine
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PSC1 Scour Package 1 Aerobic bacteriology with antibiotic sensitivities as appropriate: group E.coli serotyping, selective culture for salmonella & rotavirus. Sucking piglets 2-3 Faeces, or Intestinal Contents
PSC2 Scour Package 2 Aerobic bacteriology with antibiotic sensitivities as appropriate: group E.coli serotyping & selective culture for salmonella Sucking piglets to 3 weeks post weaning 2-3 Faeces or IC or rectal swab
PSC3 Scour Package 3 PIA PCR, Brachyspira PCR combined, routine culture and selective culture for salmonella spp. Growing pigs 7-10 Faeces or Intestinal Contents
WEC Worm Egg Count Examination for nematode eggs and coccidial oocysts 1-2 Faeces or Intestinal Contents
COCC Coccidia Examination for coccidial oocysts – only shed in faeces of recovered piglets 1-2 Faeces or Intestinal Contents
ROTL Rotavirus Antigen Test 1-2 Faeces or Intestinal Contents
SEM1 Total Sperm Count 1-2 Fresh or extended semen
SEM2 Semen Motility 1-2 Fresh or extended semen
SEM3 Sperm Morphology 1-2 Fresh or extended semen
SEM4 Semen Bacteriology Pathogen Screen Aerobic, microaerophilic, anaerobic, selective for pseudomonads 3-5 Fresh or extended semen
SEM5 Combined Sperm Count and Motility 1-2 Fresh or extended semen
SLDR Semen Live:Dead Ratio 1-2 Fresh or extended semen
TVC Total Viable Count at 30 Degrees C For microbiological load 3.5 Fresh or extended semen
TVC37 Total Viable Count at 37 Degrees C For microbiological load 3.5 Fresh or extended semen
MITE Ectoparasites 1-2 Skin or ear scrapes or ears from dead pigs
RW Dermatophytes Microscopy and culture Micro 1-2
Culture 3 wksHair
PRRS PRRS Antibody 7 S
SFLU Swine Influenza Antibody Serotypes H1N1, H3N2, 195852 and H1N2 7-10 S
SFLUPRRS Combined PRRS and Swine Influenza Antibodies 7-10 S
MYHO Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Antibody ELISA
> 9 samples, price per test7 S
LEPBRA Leptospira bratislava Antibody 7-10 S
PPV Parvovirus 7 S
ERY Erysipelas Antibody SAT 7-10 S
SALMelisa Salmonella Antibody ELISA 2-3 S
ILE Lawsonia intracellularis Antibody ELISA Minimum 12 samples, price per test 7-10 S
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