African Swine Fever (ASF) (A)
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Blood (EDTA), serum, tissues e.g. spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils or kidneys
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Exotic disease - please contact the laboratory
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Classical Swine Fever (CSF) (A)
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Blood (EDTA) and tissues or oro-nasal swabs
| Exotic disease - please contact the laboratory.
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Bonamia spp.
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Gill and heart tissues
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Please contact the laboratory
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BVD PCR
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Milk, other tissues
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Please contact the laboratory
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Chlamydia abortus
| Foetal stomach fluid, abomasal content, joint fluid or placental tissue
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Chlamydia psittaci
(B)
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Ocular, pharyngeal, nasal or cloacal swabs or intestinal excrement or tissues from kidney, lung, pericardium, spleen and liver
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Please contact the laboratory
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Flavobacterium psychrophilum
| Swab of lesion in enrichment broth
| Enrichment broth supplied by AHL with minimum of one week's notice
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Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) (A)
| Samples as deemed appropriate by the veterinarian
| Exotic disease - please contact the laboratory
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Hendra
| Bleed (EDTA) or swabs
| Please contact the laboratory
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Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
| Fresh tissue, swab (flocked) in VTM and semen
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Johne's
| Individual faecal samples in a sterile container which are pooled at the laboratory
| Please contact the laboratory
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Leptospira sp.
| Foetal stomach fluid, abomasal content, joint fluid, urine or placental tissue
| Please contact the laboratory
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Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
| EDTA blood, saliva, nasal secretions and tissue homogenates or skin nodules and scabs
| Exotic disease - please contact the laboratory
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Mycobacterium spp. (not Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
| Swab of lesion in enrichment broth
| Enrichment broth supplied by AHL with minimum of one week's notice
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Perkinsus spp.
(A)
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Gill and mantle tissue or pedal muscle containing gross lesions, if present.
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Please contact the laboratory
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Tasmanian Aquabirnavirus (TABV)
| Liver, kidney, spleen in RNA stabilisation reagent
| RNAlaterTM can be supplied by AHL
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Toxoplasma gondii
| Animal tissues
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Tritrichomas foetus
| Bovine smegma and vaginal mucous
| Please contact the laboratory
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Wobbly Possum Disease
| Tissues from brain, liver or spleen
| Please contact the laboratory
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