UC-Davis offers testing for canine influenza virus
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he Lucy Whittier Molecular and Diagnostic Core Facility at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has developed a quick molecular diagnostic assay for detection of canine influenza virus.
“Similar to human influenza, canine influenza is a seasonal infectious disease,” said Dr. Christian M. Leutenegger, director of the Lucy Whittier Molecular and Diagnostic Core Facility. “… To act (rapidly) in the case of an outbreak, fast diagnostic assays are required, which are able to detect the cause of the outbreak within hours.”
Veterinarians can send deep pharyngeal swab samples taken within the first 72 hours of onset of clinical signs to be tested with a validated, real-time polymerase chain reaction assay
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