Respiratory Profile (horse) 4 - PCR

LABOKLIN Service ID: 8665

Material

swab without medium (nose or pharynx), bronchoalveolar lavage, aborted material incl. placenta, EDTA blood (viremia)

Parameter

equine herpesviruses 1, 4 (EHV-1, EHV-4)

Method

realtime PCR

Duration

1 - 3 days

Remark

Herpesviruses usually have only a short viraemic phase. Detection from EB is therefore often only useful at the beginning of the disease.