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Pig Microbiology & Dermatology
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Microbiology
Routine Aerobic Culture [BAC]
Swab in bacterial transport medium, tissues.Includes antibiotic sensitivity tests on significant isolates.
Comprehensive Culture [BAC+]
Swab in bacterial transport medium, tissues.Aerobic, anaerobic, microaerophilic and selective cultures (yeasts, fungi, salmonellae, campylobacters) as appropriate. Antibiotic sensitivity tests on significant aerobic isolates.
Selective Culture for Salmonellae [SALM]
Faeces, feed, swab in bacterial transport medium.
Selective Culture for Actinobaculum suis [CSUI]
Urine, kidney, prepucial swab in bacterial transport medium.
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotyping [APST]
APP isolate
Pasteurella multocida Toxin ELISA [PMT1]
Nasal swabs in bacterial transport medium.
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae PCR [MHPP]
Pooled pharyngeal swabs, minimum 5
Dermatology
Ectoparasites [MITE]
Skin or ear scrapes, ears from dead pigs.
Dermatophytes [RW]
Plucked hair.Microscopy and culture.
Staphylococcus hyicus isolation [STHY]
Skin swab.Culture for exudative epidermitis (greasy pig disease) identification and sensitivity