Distemper Virus – PCR (quantitative)

swab without medium

droplet digital PCR

dog

1–3 working days

• Quantitative PCR can also be requested following qualitative PCR.
• The viral load can indicate whether the viruses are field or vaccine strains.
• A high viral load indicates a field infection, even if the dog has previously been vaccinated with live vaccine against distemper.
• A low viral 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 vaccine PCR – unless vaccination was carried out with Vanguard® (Zoetis).