Zoo Medicine Infectious Disease Testing

Consensus PCR and Sequencing for Infectious Agents

Testing for clades of agents, including Adenoviruses, Astroviruses, Chlamydiales, Coccidia, Cryptosporidium, Herpesviruses, Iridoviruses, Microsporidians, Mycobacteria, Orthoreoviruses, Papillomaviruses, Paramyxoviruses, Pentastomids, non-mammalian Poxviruses, non-mammalian Rhabdoviruses, and others
Please contact the Zoo Medicine Infectious Disease Lab directly for submission information
Zoo medicine infectious disease lab 352-294-4420, April Childress
Submission Form for PCR an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window
Submission Protocol and Price for DNA PCR an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window
Submission Protocol and Price for RNA PCR an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window

Inclusion Body Disease of Boids Testing

Please email Dr. Elliot Jacobson’s laboratory technician, April Childress, or graduate student, Dr. Rita Chang, prior to sample submission
Submission Form and Price for Inclusion Body Disease of Boids testing an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window
Additional detailed information about inclusion body disease of boids and testing is available here.

Serologic Testing for Ophidian Paramyxovirus

Please email Dr. Elliot Jacobson’s laboratory technician, April Childress prior to sample submission
Submission Form for Ophidian Paramyxovirus serology an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window
Submission Protocol and Price for Ophidian Paramyxovirus serology an Adobe PDF will open in a new browser window
Additional detailed information about ophidian paramyxovirus and serologic testing is available here.

Turtle Necropsy, Biopsy, Clinical Pathology, and Parasitology Techniques

Detailed information about turtle necropsy and biopsy techniques along with a blank turtle necropsy report form is available here.

Tortoise Mycoplasma Testing

Please contact Dr. Mary Brown’s lab directly for submission information
Mycoplasma lab 352-294-4068
Lab Manager Jan Stevens 352-294-4071