In the past, in order to accurately determine the presence of pinworms in an animal has required a post-mortem direct exam.  With the introduction of RADIL's new PCR assay which tests for both Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera, antemortem testing can now be performed with highly accurate results.  RADIL's Pinworm PCR assay is nearly as sensitive as the direct exam and has the advantage that the animal does not need to be euthanized for evaluation.  In studies, it was also more sensitive than either of the two antemortem tests (tape test and fecal float).

Pinworm by PCR evaluation will be available beginning December 1, 2009 as part of the Mouse Basic , Mouse Comprehensive and Rat Basic Fecal Panels, as a Helicobacter & Pinworm panel, or as a stand-alone assay.  For more information and pricing, please click here. 

At this year's National AALAS Meeting in Denver, Colorado, RADIL introduced a breakthrough serologic testing technology that will offer clients an increased level of results confidence for the most prevalent mouse and rat agents.  MFI² represents an advanced approach to serologic monitoring for laboratory animal pathogens, providing the highest level of diagnostic accuracy available.   By evaluating multiple antigens for each agent, primary and confirmatory testing now occur at the same time, saving time and increasing the predictive value of the final results.  Clients will begin seeing multiple antigens reported on case reports as of December 1, 2009.

For more information regarding MFI², please visit the Serology section of this site.

Advantages of Collect & Send Diagnostics

• Simple and efficient means of monitoring colonies of rodents
• Saves on shipping costs
• Samples can be collected from live or euthanized animals
• Avoids delays associated with extreme temperatures when shipping live animals
• Detects the majority of the most prevalent rodent pathogens
• Can be easily adapted to many existing health monitoring programs
• Allows for sampling of colony animals for bacterial infections (e.g.. Helicobacter
  hepaticus and Pasteurella pneumotropica) which often do not spread well to sentinels
• Can be combined with standard animal necropsy options in development of health monitoring programs. For example

• Quarter one (Dec-Feb; potential extreme temperatures)
  Collect & Send option
• Quarter two (March-May)
  Standard necropsy profile options
• Quarter three (June-Aug; potential extreme temperatures)
  Collect & Send option
• Quarter four (Sept-Nov)
  use either Collect & Send or standard necropsy profile options