![]() ![]() ![]() Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a rickettsial disease, also transmitted primarily by Ixodes ticks (blacklegged or deer ticks).Specimens acceptable for PCR testing include the tick, a skin biopsy, synovial or cerebral spinal fluid, fresh tissue, formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks or shavings. The disease is transmitted by Ixodes spp. Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick transmitted spirochete, is the etiological agent of Lyme disease.Test cost is $35/specimen for both agents. PVL recently introduced a duplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in ticks. Some important diseases we test for include rabies, brucellosis, leukosis, bluetongue, swine influenza, equine herpes, classical swine fever, avian influenza, chronic wasting disease, Johne’s disease, bovine viral diarrhea, West Nile virus, equine infectious anemia, scrapie, foot and mouth disease, Salmonella and Mycoplasma. We offer a variety of diagnostic services for a variety of animals including molecular diagnostics, serology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, animal autopsy (necropsy), biopsy and toxicology. PVL is accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, and is also a partner of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and the Food Emergency Response Network. The Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory (PVL) is one of three laboratories within the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) that offers quality assured regulatory and diagnostic testing for veterinarians, farmers, animal owners, agribusinesses and regulatory agencies. ![]()
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