Quantitative analysis and strain typing (vaccinal/infectious) allowing a reliable diagnosis on recently vaccinated animals, regardless of the vaccine used (vaccine strains available on the French veterinary market).
Test indications
- Diagnosis of distemper in dogs, the ferret.
- Post diagnostic monitoring.
- Evaluation you epidemiological risk (highlighting viral circulation in communities).
Test characteristics
- Real-time RT-PCR
- Detection threshold
- Quantitative analysis (on request, Contact Us)
Typing de TOUTES les souches vaccinales (distinction des souches infectieuses de toutes les souches vaccinales disponibles sur le marché vétérinaire français)
Samples to be taken
- Sang acid EDTA (whatever the clinical form)
- Blood and LCR on EDTA for pure nervous forms
- Sang acid EDTA and conjunctival or oropharyngeal cells (swabs) in the presence of respiratory signs (possibility of also carrying out a diagnosis of kennel cough)
- Kidney, spleen, liver, lung post-mortem (unfixed)
In chronic forms, it is recommended to take several samples (blood and other samples depending on clinical signs). - Pour le suivi post-diagnostic, il est préférable de rechercher le virus sur un mélange de prélèvements (sang, urine, cellules conjonctivales et oro-pharyngées).
Interpretation of the result
- Negative result: Absence of distemper virus in the sample or quantity below the detection threshold. Allows you to exclude an acute form of distemper.
- Positive result : Compatible avec une maladie de Carré ou une circulation virale
- Low vaccine virus load : mise en évidence de la souche vaccinale, probablement liée à une vaccination récente.
Information regarding the vaccines used as well as the dates of vaccination are necessary for the interpretation of the result (to be indicated on the analysis request form).
Do not hesitate to Contact Us for an interpretation of the quantitative result