Our veterinary analysis services include:

• Lesion analysis: poultry, pigs, rabbits and small ruminants

• Parasitology and Bacteriology:

  • Identification of pathogens by mass spectrometry

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)

  • Detection and identification of Salmonella species

• Mycoplasma Culture / Isolation / Identification / MIC
  

• Serology (pig and poultry sectors):

  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA): Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Infectious Bronchitis (IB), Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD), Newcastle Disease (ND)

  • Rapid Serum Agglutination Test (RSAT): avian mycoplasmas, Salmonella Pullorum Gallinarum

  • Haemagglutination-inhibition Test (HAIT): ND, Adenovirus Egg Drop Syndrom (EDS)

  • Agar Gel Immunodiffusion Test (AGIDT): Influenza

• Water testing
  

• Hygiene and environmental control
  

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR):

  • Bacterial screening: mycoplasmas, O. rhinotracheale, H. paragallinarum, Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, virulence factors in E. coli, Vibrio splendidus, V. aestuarianus, V. harveyi

  • Virus: respiratory coronavirus, metapneumovirus, IBD virus, laryngotracheitis virus, pigeon circovirus, PRRS, Influenza, circovirus, parvovirus, nodavirus, oyster herpes virus (OsHV-1)

  • Parasites: Histomonas meleagridis, Enteromyxum leei

• MIC and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) of biocidal or antimicrobial substances
  

• Bird DNA sexing and detection of infectious agents in exotic birds: Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD), Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD), Psittacid Herpes Virus (PsHV) responsible for the Pacheco disease, Avian Polyoma Virus (APV), Chlamydophila Psittaci

• Genetic testing: identification, parentage, genetic disease (dog, cat), breed identification, population studies