New Bolton Center Offers Testing for Foal Diarrhea

The Microbiology Lab at Penn Vet is offering a panel of assays to streamline testing for foals with diarrhea.
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The Microbiology Lab at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center is offering a foal diarrhea panel to streamline testing for foals with diarrhea. The announcement of the test coincides with the onset of foaling season. Diarrhea is extremely dangerous, even life-threatening, to foals, and quick, accurate analysis of the cause could be a life saver.

Said Shelley C. Rankin, PhD, chief of clinical microbiology and associate professor of microbiology at Penn Vet, "This panel has been designed to coordinate testing for foal diarrhea cases between New Bolton Center’s Widener Hospital and the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Lab Services system, ensuring that each animal has the same battery of tests performed."

The complete panel includes a Salmonella PCR; aerobic culture; Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin test; C. difficile toxins A and B; parasitology fecal float; electron microscopy, and E. coli virulence gene testing.

A minimum 25g fecal sample (about five tablespoons) will be adequate to perform all of the tests included in the panel. Sample should be collected in a fecal cup or clean, sealable, unbreakable plastic container. If a minimum of 25g of feces cannot be collected, individual fecal/rectal swabs can be used to perform the tests individually with the exception of the parasitology fecal float or electron microscopy

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