avian & livestock assay data sheet
Taenia solium
(pork tapeworm)
Test code:
X0028 - Ultrasensitive qualitative detection of Taenia solium
by real time PCR
Utilities:
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Help confirm the disease causing agent
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Shorten the time required to confirm a clinical
diagnosis of T. solium infection
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Help ensure that herds are free of
T. solium
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Early prevention of spread of T. solium among
pigs, and between pigs and other animals
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Minimize human exposure to
T. solium
Specimen requirement:
0.2 ml feces, or fecal swab, or 0.2
ml fresh, frozen or fixed tissue.
Contact Zoologix if advice is needed to determine an appropriate specimen type for a specific diagnostic application. For specimen types not listed here, please contact Zoologix to confirm specimen acceptability and shipping instructions.
For all
specimen types, if there will be a delay in shipping, or during
very warm weather, refrigerate specimens until shipped and ship
with a cold pack unless more stringent shipping requirements are
specified. Frozen specimens should be shipped so as to remain
frozen in transit. See shipping
instructions for more information.
Turnaround time:
2 business days
Methodology:
Qualitative
real time PCR
Normal range:
Nondetected
