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EGA Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, qPCR

Name: EGA Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, qPCR
Brand: Equigerminal
Price: 55.35 EUR

Test that looks for Anaplasma, a germ passed on by ticks that gives horses fever, in your horse's blood. Pathogen...

€55.35 Incl. VAT

About

Pathogen test

• The qPCR test detects the genome (DNA) of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the bacterium (formerly known as Ehrlichia phagocytophila and Ehrlichia equi) responsible for Equine Anaplasmosis.

What is Equine Anaplasmosis?

• Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum that infects white blood cells.

• The disease is transmitted by ticks.

• The risk of transmission to people is unclear at this time.

• Although horses and people appear to be infected with strains of the same bacteria, it is believed that people also acquire the infection from tick bites, and not directly from infected horses.

Clinical signs

• The severity of signs varies with the age of the animal and duration of the illness.

• Signs may be mild.

• Horses less than 1 year old may have a fever only.

• Horses 1 to 3 years old develop fever, depression, mild limb swelling and lack of coordination.

• Adults exhibit the characteristic signs of fever, poor appetite, depression, reluctance to move, limb swelling and jaundice.

• Fever is highest during the first 1 to 3 days of infection, but may last for 6 to 12 days.

• Signs become more severe over several days.

• Any existing infection (such as a leg wound or respiratory infection) can be made worse.

Transmission

• The disease is transmitted by ticks.

• Immature ticks pick up the bacterium from rodents who serve as reservoirs, maintain it as they mature, and then transmit it to the horse they feed off of as adults.

• It is unknown how long the tick has to be attached before transmission occurs.

• It takes approximately 2–3 weeks after disease transmission for the horse to develop clinical signs of Anaplasmosis.

• Phagocytophilum organisms infect neutrophils and eosinophils in the blood.

Prevention

• The disease is easily treated in the early stages using appropriate antibiotics.

• The severity of the disease is variable; many horses recover after 14 days without treatment.

• Rare fatalities have occurred that are believed to be associated with secondary infections.

• Horses with severe signs and neurologic signs may benefit from injectable corticosteroids.

• Recovered horses develop immunity for at least 2 years and are not carriers.

• Tick control measures are mandatory for control of the disease.

• There is no vaccine.

Sample

5 mL - blood - K3 EDTA tube

Turnaround

2 to 5 working days

How it works

🛒 Buy the test: select and buy the test online.

📧 Receive the instructions: after payment is confirmed, you receive the sample collection instructions by e-mail.

📄 Complete the form: print and complete the submission form with the animal’s identification.

✨ Collect the sample: pull 20 to 40 hair roots with the bulb and stick them in the marked area of the form, or ask your veterinarian to collect blood in a K3-EDTA tube.

📮 Send it to the laboratory: Equigerminal, S.A., HIESE, Rua da Quinta do Sobreiro, 25, Quinta Vale do Espinhal, 3230-343 Penela, PORTUGAL.

📊 Receive the report: the certified report is issued as soon as the analysis is validated.

FAQs

Who collects the sample? Your veterinarian. See Sample for the material and the volume this test requires.

How should the sample be sent? Keep it cool and send it by tracked courier as soon as it is collected. Shipping is arranged and paid for by the client.

What happens if the sample arrives unsuitable? We contact you before processing and ask for a new sample.

Can other tests be added to the same sample? Often yes, if the material and the volume allow it. Ask us before shipping.

How long does it take? See Turnaround. The count starts when the sample arrives at the laboratory, not when you order.