Laboklin - Labor für Klinische Diagnostik

Special microbiology of various samples

Parameter

Material

Method

Species

Duration

Remarks

Actinomyces, aerob

Aspirate, swabs, etc.

culture bacteriologial Gram stain

dog, cat,
small pets and large animals

approx. 8

Autogenes vaccine

Swabs, urine, hair, etc.

bacteriological culture followed by inactivation of pathogen agent

dog, cat,
small pets and large animals

7 - 10

We prepare the following vaccines:

oral vaccine (for chronic Diarrhoea)
injection vaccine (e.g. for pyodermia, chronic rhinitis, etc.)
combination vaccine (e.g. for vaginitis and cystitis).

Bordetella bronchiseptica, aerob

e.g. from nose-/pharynx swab or bronchial secretion

culture, bacteriological

dog, cat

approx. 7

special culture media necessary

Chlamydia

Mucosal swab

Enzymimmuno-assay (EIA)

or

PCR

dog, cat,
small pets and large animals

approx. 2

2

for the EIA a special transport medium is required (Chlamydia medium)
for the PCR use swabs without transport medium

Dermatophilus congolensis

Skin scabs,
glass slide

Quick Stain

horse

hair only is not sufficient as sample material

Distemper (Morbillivirus)

swabs

fluorescence, microscopical
ELISA

PCR

dog, large felidae, ferret

1

2

use swab without transport medium

Herpesvirus

Swabs (e.g. conjunctiva)

PCR

dog, cat,
horse,
tortoise

swab without transport medium

Mycoplasma

Mucosal swab

culture, bacteriological

dog, cat,
small pets and large animals

For the detection of Mycoplasma a special transport medium is required (Mycoplasma medium).

Nocardia

Aspirate, swabs, etc.

culture, bacteriological

dog, cat,
small pets and large animals

approx. 8 days

Paenibacillus larvae larvae (american foulbrood of honeybees), aerob

Food comb sample

culture, bacteriological

Bees

approx. 21

Please submit two tablespoons of feed honey scraped from a central brood comb and packed into a freezer bag.

pathogen agents,
to include Taylorella equigenitalis (CEM) -

Cervical swab, cervix- and/or clitoris swab (mare), Shaft-, urethra-, and/or glans penis swab (stallion)

culture, bacteriological

mycological

horse

approx. 3

up to 21

Incubation period for Canada export: 21 days, all others 14 days

Antibiograms
The resistance screening is done by means of the microdilution method. We offer a standard program which distinguishes between an antibiogram for small animals (32 antibiotics) and one for large animals (24 anitbiotics).