Sciensano performs biological analyses for identification of pathogens in animals.
How to request a veterinary analysis?
- Fill in the request form
- Prepare your shipment. A package must contain:
- A paper copy of the request form
- correctly identified samples with sturdy and watertight packaging. Highly virulent pathogenic agents require special packaging!
- Send your package to the address indicated on the request form.
Samples which don’t comply with transport regulation will be destroyed.
The turnaround time only includes the maximum number of working days required for the laboratory analyses. Administrative processing (1 to 2 working days) is not included.
| Species | Disease | Analysis name | Material(s) | Accreditation | Turnaround time (in days) | Analysis performed on | Price | Contact person(s) | URL to form(s) |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | ELISA Brucella spp. | Bulk tank milk, Colostrum, Milk |
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4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 11.75 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Buffered plate agglutination test + EDTA | Lyophilized serum, Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 7.68 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | ELISA (Synbiotics) Brucella spp. | Lyophilized serum, Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 13.62 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Buffered plate agglutination test | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 7.68 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | ELISA (Sciensano) Brucella spp. | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 11.75 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Batch release diagnostic kit Brucella spp. | Diagnostic kit milk, Diagnostic kit serum |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1630.39 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Identification Brucella spp. | Abomasum contents, After-birth, Bacterial strain, Biological material, Bronchial ganglia, Carcass, Cerebrospinal fluid, Colostrum, Cotyledon, Dairy product, Fetus, Ganglia, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestine, Kidney, Larynx, Liver, Lung, Mamma, Mediastinal ganglia, Mesenteric ganglia, Milk, Parotid ganglion, Peritoneal ganglia, Pool organs, Pre-scapula ganglion, Pus, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Scrotum ganglion, Sperm, Spleen, Stomach, Stomach contents, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Swab, Testicle, Tonsil, Urine, Uterus, Uterus contents |
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3 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 32.68 € | Anneleen Matthijs, David Fretin, Marcella Mori, Sylvie Marche, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Buffered plate agglutination test + EDTA | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 7.68 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | ELISA (Sciensano) Brucella spp. | Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 11.75 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Brucellosis | Isolation Brucella spp. | Abomasum, Abomasum contents, Adrenal glands, After-birth, Bacterial strain, Biological material, Bronchial ganglia, Carcass, Cerebrospinal fluid, Colostrum, Cotyledon, Dairy product, Fetus, Ganglia, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestine, Larynx, Liquid, Liver, Lung, Mamma, Mandibular ganglion, Master Seed Virus, Mediastinal ganglia, Mesenteric ganglia, Milk, Organ, Parotid ganglion, Peritoneal ganglia, Pool organs, Powder, Pre-scapula ganglion, Pus, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Scrotum ganglion, Sperm, Spleen, Stomach, Stomach contents, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Swab, Testicle, Tonsil, Urine, Uterus, Uterus contents |
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12 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 32.68 € | Anneleen Matthijs, David Fretin, Marcella Mori, Sylvie Marche, |
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| Ruminants | BVD | Molecular test | Abomasum, After-birth, Biological material, Brain, Bronchial ganglia, Bronchial mucus, Bronchial rince, Bronchus, Buccal mucosa, Cell culture, Cervical mucus, Colon, Colostrum, Colostrum whey, Cotyledon, Duodenum, Ear, Ear notch, EDTA Blood, Embryo, Feces, Fetus, Foetal calf serum, Ganglia, Heart, Ileum, Intestine, Jejunum, Jovivac, Kidney, Larynx, Liver, Lung, Lung fluid, Lyophilized biological material, Lyophilized serum, Milk, Milk pool, Mouth lesion, Nasal mucosa, Nasal septum, Nasal swab, Oesophagus, Organ, Paired sera, Pancreas, Peritoneal fluid, Pharynx, Placenta fluid, Plasma, Pool from maximum 10 blood, Pool from maximum 10 sera, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Pool organs, Pus, Rectum, RNA, Serum, Serum in pool, Serum tested in pool from maximum 10 animals, Serum tested in pool from maximum 5 animals, Skin lesion, Small intestine, Spleen, Stimufol, Stomach, Supernatant from cell, Swab, Thoracic fluid, Thymus, Tonsil, Trachea, tracheal fluid, Uterus, Uterus swab, Vaginal swab | No | 2 | Monday, Thursday | 75.26 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | BVD | Batch release diagnostic kit BVD | Diagnostic kit blood, Diagnostic kit ear notch, Diagnostic kit serum | No | 15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1630.39 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Colibacillosis | Pathotyping PCR E coli bovin | No | 10 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 105.47 € | Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Controle | MEDCON | Stimufol | No | 60 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 2737.53 € |
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| Ruminants | Enzootic bovine leukosis | Batch release diagnostic kit Enzootic bovine leukosis | Diagnostic kit serum |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1630.39 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Enzootic bovine leukosis | Immunodiffusion | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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4 | Tuesday | 30.70 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Enzootic bovine leukosis | ELISA | Colostrum, Colostrum whey, Foetal calf serum, Lyophilized serum, Milk, Plasma, Pool from maximum 10 sera, Serum | No | 2 | Tuesday | 29.96 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Foot and mouth disease | Presence of virus | Stimufol | No | 16 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 0.00 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants | IBR (BHV1) | Molecular test IBRgB | Bronchus, Cell culture, Lung, Nasal mucosa, Nasal swab, Pharynx, Pool lung + trachea, Pool organs, Supernatant from cell, Swab, Trachea, Trachea swab |
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2 | Tuesday, Friday | 41.96 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | IBR (BHV1) | Batch release diagnostic kit IBR (BHV1) | Diagnostic kit serum gB, Diagnostic kit serum gE |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1630.39 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | IBR (BHV1) | Seroneutralisation | Colostrum, Foetal calf serum, Lyophilized serum, Paired sera, Plasma, Serum |
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4 | Monday | 46.42 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | IBR (BHV1) | Molecular test IBRgB | Bronchus, Cell culture, Lung, Nasal mucosa, Nasal swab, Nose, Pharynx, Pool lung + trachea, Pool organs, Spleen, Supernatant from cell, Swab, Trachea, Trachea swab, Vetal Lumpyvac |
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2 | Tuesday, Friday | 34.41 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Kashmir bee virus | Batch release diagnostic kit IBR (BHV1) | Diagnostic kit serum gB, Diagnostic kit serum gE | No | 15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | On request | David Lefebvre, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, Nina Krešić, |
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| Ruminants | Malignant catarrhal fever | Molecular test | Biological material, Blood pool, Brain, Cotyledon, EDTA Blood, Fetus, Intestine, Liver, Lung, Nasal mucosa, Nasal swab, Nose lesion, Oesophagus, Organ, Plasma, Pool organs, Rectum, Reticulum, Serum, Skin, Skin lesion, Small intestine, Spleen, Stomach, Stomach contents, Swab, Trachea, Uterus swab | No | 2 | Monday, Thursday | 35.09 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Mycoplasma mycoides | ELISA Mycoplasma mycoides | Plasma, Serum | No | 4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 23.90 € | Cécile Boland, David Fretin, |
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| Ruminants | Paratuberculosis | Isolation and identification M.avium ssp paratuberculosis | Abomasum, Abscess, After-birth, Biological material, Brain, Bronchial ganglia, Caecum, Colon, Diafragma abscess, Distal duodenum, Distal ileum, Distal iliac ganglia, Distal jejunum, Distal jejunum ganglion, Duodenum, Duodenum ganglion, Feces, Ganglia, Hepatic ganglion, Hilum ganglion, Ileocecal junction, Ileocecal valve, Ileocecal valve ganglion, Ileum, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestin contents, Intestine, Jejunum, Kidney, Large intestin ganglion, Large intestine, Liquid manure, Liver, Liver ligament abscess, Lung, Mandibular ganglion, Mediastinal ganglia, Medium duaodenum, Medium jejunum ganglion, Mesenteric ganglia, Midium jejunum, Milk, Organ, Parotid ganglion, Pool organs, Pre-scapula ganglion, Proximal duodenum, proximal ileum, Proximal iliac ganglia, Proximal jejunum, Proximal jejunum ganglion, Pus, Rectum, Renal ganglion, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Scrotum ganglion, Spleen, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Tonsil | No | 182 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 34.66 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Paratuberculosis | ELISA M.avium ssp paratuberculosis | Bulk tank milk, Colostrum whey, Lyophilized milk, Milk, Serum | No | 4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 13.62 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Paratuberculosis | Special coloration M.avium ssp paratuberculosis | Abomasum, Abscess, After-birth, Bacterial strain, Biological material, Brain, Bronchial ganglia, Caecum, Colon, Diafragma abscess, Distal duodenum, Distal ileum, Distal iliac ganglia, Distal jejunum, Distal jejunum ganglion, Duodenum, Duodenum ganglion, Feces, Ganglia, Hepatic ganglion, Hilum ganglion, Ileocecal junction, Ileocecal valve, Ileocecal valve ganglion, Ileum, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestin contents, Intestine, Jejunum, Kidney, Large intestin ganglion, Large intestine, Liquid manure, Liver, Liver ligament abscess, Lung, Mandibular ganglion, Mediastinal ganglia, Medium duaodenum, Medium jejunum ganglion, Mesenteric ganglia, Midium jejunum, Milk, Parotid ganglion, Pool organs, Pre-scapula ganglion, Proximal duodenum, proximal ileum, Proximal iliac ganglia, Proximal jejunum, Proximal jejunum ganglion, Pus, Rectum, Renal ganglion, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Scrotum ganglion, Spleen, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Suspect organ, Tonsil | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9.54 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Q fever | ELISA Q-fever | Colostrum, Lyophilized milk, Lyophilized serum, Milk, Plasma, Serum |
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4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 15.34 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Respiratory viruses | Molecular test | Blood pool, Brain, Bronchial mucus, Bronchial rince, Bronchus, Buccal mucosa, Cervical mucus, Colon, Colostrum whey, Duodenum, EDTA Blood, Feces, Fetus, Ganglia, Heart, Kidney, Larynx, Lochia, Lung, Lung fluid, Nasal discharge, Nasal mucosa, Nose, Peritoneal fluid, Pharynx, Placenta fluid, Pool lung + trachea, Pool organs, Rectum, Salivary gland, Serum, Sinus, Small intestine, Sperm, Spleen, Stomach, Thoracic fluid, Tongue, Tonsil, Trachea, Tracheal mucus | No | 4 | Monday, Thursday | 90.24 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Schmallenberg virus | ELISA | Paired sera, Plasma, Serum | No | 2 | Tuesday | 21.17 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Schmallenberg virus | Molecular test | After-birth, Biological material, Brain, Brain in RNAlater, Brain stem, Cell culture, Cotyledon, EDTA Blood, Feces, Fetus, Heart, Lung, Organ, Peritoneal fluid, Plasma, Pool from maximum 10 blood, Pool from maximum 10 sera, Pool organs, Serum, Sperm, Spinal, Swab, Thymus | No | 2 | Monday, Thursday | 75.26 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Schmallenberg virus | Seroneutralisation | Foetal calf serum, Plasma, Serum, Thoracic fluid, tracheal fluid | No | 4 | Monday | 46.42 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | ELISA | Brain, Spleen |
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2 | Tuesday | 153.38 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Ruminants | Tritrichomonosis | Isolation of Tritrichomonas foetus | Abomasum contents, Biological material, Preputial washing liquid, Sperm | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 25.50 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Tritrichomonosis | Microscopy Tritrichomonas fœtus | Biological material, Lochia, Preputial washing liquid, Sperm, Urethral liquid, Uteral washing liquid | No | 4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 4.95 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Tuberculosis | Special coloration M. tuberculosis complex | Abomasum, Abscess, Bacterial strain, Biological material, Bronchial ganglia, Bronchial mucus, Cyst, End product, Feces, Ganglia, Hepatic ganglion, Homogenate, Ileum, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestine, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Lung fluid, Mamma, Mandibular ganglion, Mediastinal ganglia, Mesenteric ganglia, Milk, Nasal swab, Organ, Peritoneal ganglia, Pool organs, Pre-scapula ganglion, Pus, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Skin, Spleen, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Suspect organ, Swab, Swab faeces, Thymus, Tongue, Tonsil, Trachea, Uterus | No | 4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9.54 € | Anneleen Matthijs, David Fretin, Marcella Mori, Sylvie Marche, |
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| Ruminants | Tuberculosis | Isolation and identification M. tuberculosis complex | Abomasum, Abscess, Bacterial strain, Biological material, Bronchial ganglia, Bronchial mucus, Cyst, End product, Feces, Ganglia, Hepatic ganglion, Homogenate, Ileum, Iliac ganglion, Inguinal gland, Intestine, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Lung fluid, Mamma, Mandibular ganglion, Master Seed Virus, Mediastinal ganglia, Mesenteric ganglia, Milk, Nasal discharge, Nasal swab, Organ, Peritoneal ganglia, Pool organs, Pre-scapula ganglion, Pus, Retromammal ganglia, Retropharyngeal ganglia, Skin, Spleen, Sub maxillary ganglion, Submandibular ganglion, Suspect organ, Swab, Swab faeces, Thymus, Tongue, Tonsil, Trachea, Uterus | No | 92 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 52.73 € | Anneleen Matthijs, David Fretin, Marcella Mori, Sylvie Marche, |
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| Ruminants | Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli | Isolation and identification Verocytotoxic E. coli | No | 10 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 281.61 € | Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants | Vesicular stomatitis | Presence of virus | Stimufol | No | 16 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 0.00 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | Bluetongue | Batch release diagnostic kit Bluetongue | Diagnostic kit serum |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1630.39 € | David Lefebvre, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, Nina Krešić, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | BVD | Viral titration | Cell culture, Foetal calf serum, Supernatant from cell | No | 4 | Monday | 88.40 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | Capripox | Seroneutralisation CAPV | Serum | No | 14 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 114.99 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | Q fever | ELISA Q-fever | Bulk tank milk, Lyophilized milk |
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1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 15.34 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Discrimination test | Brain | No | 21 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 360.60 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Western Blotting | Brain | No | 3 | Wednesday | 360.60 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Border disease | Seroneutralisation | Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Serum | No | 7 | Tuesday | 39.36 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | BVD | SeroneutralisationTYPE 2 | Paired sera, Plasma, Precolostrum serum, Serum | No | 3 | Tuesday | 0.00 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | BVD | SeroneutralisationTYPE 2 | Foetal calf serum, Paired sera, Plasma, Precolostrum serum, Serum | No | 3 | Tuesday | 39.36 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | BVD | Isolation | Abomasum, After-birth, Blood pool, Brain, Bronchial ganglia, Bronchial rince, Bronchus, Buccal mucosa, Caecum, Cervical mucus, Colon, Cotyledon, Duodenum, Ear, Ear notch, EDTA Blood, Embryo, Fetus, Ganglia, Heart, Ileum, Intestine, Jejunum, Kidney, Larynx, Liver, Lochia, Lung, Lyophilized serum, Mamma, Mouth lesion, Nasal discharge, Nasal mucosa, Nasal septum, Nasal swab, Oesophagus, Organ, Parotid, Peritoneal fluid, Pharynx, Placenta fluid, Plasma, Pool organs, Pus, Rectum, Reticulum, Serum, Skin lesion, Small intestine, Sperm, Spleen, Stomach, Suspect organ, Swab, Thoracic fluid, Thymus, Tongue, Tonsil, Trachea, Trachea swab, Tracheal mucus, Uterus, Uterus contents, Uterus swab, Vaginal swab | No | 15 | Tuesday | 75.26 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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