UKVDL offers Rhodococcus equi Testing
The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory offers real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR, a type of DNA analysis) assay testing for Rhodococcus equi. The test can detect the VaPA virulence gene (plasmid) in R. equi bacterial isolates by PCR.
R. equi is a common cause of bacterial pneumonia in foals from birth up to 4 to 6 months old.
The UKVDL test offered to help diagnose R. equi in foals includes:
- Foal necropsy (includes all ancillary testing, everything listed below), $80
- Cytology, transtracheal aspirate (TTA)/bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), $65
- Bacteriological culture, TTA/BAL, other respiratory specimen, $17 per specimen
- Antibiotic susceptibility testing, isolate, $10 per isolate
- Real-time PCR, TTA/BAL other respiratory specimen*, $27 per specimen.
*This includes the detection of R. equi and presence of the VapA virulence gene (plasmid).
A one-time $10 accession fee will be accessed per case
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University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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