Recommended frequency of monitoring (all species) – every 3 months
Specific tests
| ELISA |
| IFA testing |
| LA testing |
| Toxoplasma or Leptospira (0.5ml serum required) |
| Treponema & RHDV testing |
| Respiratory bacteriology |
| Gut bacteriology |
| Antibiotic sensitivity |
| Ectoparasitology |
| Endoparasitology |
| Faecal parasitology |
| Dermatophyte culture |
Bead technology – introduced 2008
Serological tests available
| CAR bacillus | ELSIA/IFA |
| Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer’s disease) | ELISA/HISTOLOGY/PCR |
| Ectromelia virus (Ectro) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Encephalitozoan cuniculi (E.cun) | ELSIA/IFA |
| Theiler’s Encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV or GD-VII) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Epizootic diarrhoea of infant mice (EDIM) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Guinea pig adenovirus (GpAV) | ELISA |
| Hantaan virus | ELISA/IFA |
| K virus | ELISA/IFA |
| Kilham rat virus (KRV) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Lactate dehydrogenase virus (LDV) | LDH ACTIVITY/PCR |
| Leptospira | MAR |
| Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM) | ELISA/IFA |
| Minute virus of mice (MVM) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Mouse norovirus | ELISA/PCR |
| Mouse parvovirus | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Mouse thymic virus (MTV) | IFA |
| Murine adenovirus 1 (MAD1) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Murine adenovirus 2 (MAD2) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Murine herpes virus 68 | ELISA |
| Mycoplasma arthritidis | ELISA/CULTURE |
| Mycoplasma pulmonis (M.pul) | ELISA/CULTURE/PCR |
| Myxomatosis virus (Myx) | ELISA |
| Parainfluenza 3 (PI3) | ELISA |
| Pneumonia virus of mice (PVM) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Polyoma virus of mice (Poly) | ELISA/IFA |
| Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) | ELISA/PCR |
| Rabbit pox virus | ELISA |
| Rabbit rotavirus | ELISA |
| Rat sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDA) | ELISA/IFA |
| Reovirus-3 (REO-3) | ELISA/IFA |
| Sendai virus (SEN) | ELISA/IFA/PCR |
| Simian virus (SV-5) | ELISA/IFA |
| Toolan parvovirus (H-1) | ELISA/IFA |
| Toxoplasma gondii | LA |
| Treponema cuniculi | ELISA |
| Unclassified parainfluenza (GPTS9) | ELISA |
A 24 hour serology service is available at a small premium; please contact us for more details.
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