LABOKLIN Service ID: 8024
| Material | faeces, EDTA blood, dog: also tissue (e.g. intestine or heart) |
| Method | realtime PCR |
| Duration | 1 - 3 days |
| Remark | - Direct detection of parvoviruses in the blood is possible approx. 1 – 5 days after infection.
- PCR can be positive up to four weeks after vaccination with live vaccine.
- In dogs, differentiation between vaccine strain (CPV-2) and field strains (CPV-2a, -2b, -2c) is possible on request. Please note that when using parvovirus vaccines containing CPV-2b as vaccine antigen (e. g. Zoetis Versican Plus, Virbagen Puppy 2b) we cannot differentiate between vaccine strain and field strain.
- If vaccination was carried out using a vaccine with field strains or if the vaccine or vaccination status of the dog is unknown and vaccination was carried out shortly (less than 4 weeks) before the onset of the symptoms, quantitative PCR is recommended and can be requested following qualitative PCR.
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