Distemper Virus – PCR (quantitative)

swab without medium

droplet digital PCR

dog

1 - 3 days

• Quantitative PCR can also be requested following qualitative PCR.
• The pathogen load can indicate whether the viruses are field or vaccine viruses.
• A high viral load indicates a field infection, even if the dog has previously been vaccinated with live vaccine against distemper.
• A low pathogen load denotes a vaccine strain, if a distemper vaccination was given in the last few weeks. Otherwise, it may be a beginning or abating field infection.
• For medium viral load, we offer Distemper Virus-Vaccine PCR – unless vaccination was carried out with Vanguard (Zoetis).