Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) Ear Notch Screen Pooled Testing

Samples will be run in pools up to 50. Processing of ear notch samples requires extra time, and could add 1-2 days to the turnaround time of the assay. Following the guidelines listed under the Submitted Specimen Requirements will provide an adequate sample volume to conduct this test. If multiple tests are to be requested on a specimen, there may not be adequate sample volume to perform each test. Please submit an adequate sample volume to meet the requirements of each test.

*An additional ear notch organization fee will be applied to cases for which we receive samples that are not in the preferred sample containers, and/or in which sample containers are received with animal IDs written on the containers (e.g. - 14207, 34591, Daisy, Mabel, ...) instead of being serially numbered (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4,...). Individual animal IDs should be recorded on the submission form, on a separate piece of paper, or in a spreadsheet file provided to the lab for direct upload into our information management system, with the animal IDs arranged in the correct order so as to correspond to the serial numbers you apply to the sample containers (e.g. - 1 = 14207, 2 = 34591, 3 = Daisy, 4 = Mabel,...). This BVDV pooled ear notch organization fee will be applied on a per-pool basis for cases meeting the criteria stated above. Cases received with samples in the preferred containers and for which the containers are serially numbered will NOT incur this additional per-pool fee. Please refer to our Ear Notch Best Practices sheet to avoid this fee. 

Individual samples from any PCR positive or PCR suspect pools will be tested using the BVDV Antigen Capture ELISA test, for which additional charges will apply. This will allow for the individual identification of BVDV infected animals.