UK’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Changes Potomac Horse Fever Testing Requirements
The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL), formerly the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, recently announced a change in the type of samples required to perform a test for Neorickettsia risticii, the causative organism for Potomac horse fever.
In addition to blood samples, the VDL now requires a feces sample or fecal swab. Charges for the test remain the same at $35 for in-state samples and $52.50 for out-of-state samples.
The change comes in response to unpublished data from the University of California, which might suggest the additional testing could uncover positive results that could go undetected in blood.
VDL director Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, said the change in procedure is intended to improve the sensitivity of the Neorickettsia risticii test
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