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Tests in Routine Use

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Species Agent Test Status* Principal/Contact SCAHLS Rep Laboratory
Aquatic - fish Pilchard Herpesvirus ISH; PCR PV Melanie Crockford WA Fish Health Lab WA
Aquatic - Fish Aphanomycesinvadans PCR RT,PV N Buller WA Fish Health Lab WA
Aquatic - fish Aphanomycesastaci PCR RT,PV N Buller WA Fish Health Lab WA
Aquatic -fish Koi Herpesvirus PCR OIE Ken McColl AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Piscirickettsiasalmonis PCR;TaqMan PCR ANZSDP Serge Corbeil AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Renibacteriumsalmoninarum PCR RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish EpizooticHaematopoieitc Necrosis Virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish InfectiousPancreatic Necrosis Virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR ANZSDP Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish InfectiousSalmon Anaemia Virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Whirling disease PCR RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Whirling disease PCR PV Cara Brosnahan NZ IDC
Aquatic - fish InfectiousHaematopoietic Necrosis Virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish ViralHaemorrhagic Septicaemia virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Spring viraemiaof carp virus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Red sea breamiridovirus virusisolation; ICC; PCR OIE Mark Crane AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Megalocytivirus Real Time PCR PV Edna Gias NZ IDC
Aquatic - fish Ranavirus Real Time PCR PV Edna Gias NZ IDC
Aquatic - fish Yersinia ruckeri PCR RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Edwardsiellosis PCR RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Vibriosis PCR RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Aeromonas salmonicida APPCR, PAAD PCR, MIY RT,PV Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - fish Aeromonas salmonicida Real Time PCR PV Suzanne Keeling NZ IDC
Aquatic -fish Gill-associatedVirus PCR   Jane Oakey QLD QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic - fish Nervousnecrosis virus immunohistochemistry   G Edmonds QLD QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic - fish Vibrioharveyi PCR   Jane Oakey QLD QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic-fish Flavobacterium columnare  PCR   Jane Oakey QDPI, OVL QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic-fish Streptococcus iniae  PCR   Jane Oakey QDPI, OVL QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic-fish Tenacibaculum maritimum  PCR   Jane Oakey QDPI, OVL QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic-fish Streptococcus iniae; Real Time PCR PV; Suzanne Keeling NZ IDC
Aquatic-fish Yersinia ruckeri; Real Time PCR PV; Suzanne Keeling NZ IDC
Aquatic - fish Nodavirus Real time PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic-mollusc Marteilia sydneyi- QX disease PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic -prawn WhiteSpot Syndrome virus ISH RT,PV Melanie Crockford

Fish Health

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Aquatic - prawn  White Spot Syndromevirus Real time PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic - prawn  Yellowhead Virus Real time PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic  -Prawn Infectious Hypodermal & Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus  Realtime PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic - prawn WhiteSpot Syndrome virus PCR ACC Ken McColl AHHL AFDL,EMAI
Aquatic - prawn Gill-associatedVirus PCR   Jane Oakey QLD QDPI, TAAHL
Aquatic - prawn MourylianVirus PCR RTPV Jeff Cowley AAHL CLI Brisbane
Aquatic - prawn Taurasyndrome virus PCR,Taqman PCR OIE Nick Gudkovs AAHL AFDL
Aquatic - prawn  Yellowhead Virus Real time PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic - prawn InfectiousHypodermal & Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus  Realtime PCR ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI, NSW
Aquatic - prawn Mourylian Virus; PCR PV Kelly Condon QLD QPI&F TAAHL
Aquatic - prawn Infectious Hypodermal & Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus; PCR PV Kelly Condon QLD TAAHL, AFDL QDPI
Avian Avibacterium (Haemophilus)paragallinarum  serotyping (Page& Kume Schemes)   Pat Blackall QLD MicrobiologyResearch Group ARI
Avian Avibacterium (Haemophilus)paragallinarum  PCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicrobiologyResearch Group ARI
Avian Newcastle DiseaseVirus Pathotyping PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Avian Newcastle DiseaseVirus TaqMan PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL,EMAI
Avian Newcastle diseasevirus Immunohistochemistry ACC John Bingham AAHL AAHL
Avian Avian Influenza Virus- H5 (+ pathotyping) PCR + Taqman PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL,EMAI
Avian Avian Influenza Virus- H7 (+ pathotyping) PCR + Taqman PCR  ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL,EMAI
Avian Mycoplasmagallisepticum & M. synoviae PCRs ACC Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPIVic Attwood
Avian Mycoplasmameleagridis & M iowae MultiplexPCR for isolate identification ACC Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPIVic Attwood
Avian Avianinfluenza virus (Type A) TaqmanPCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Avian Avianinfluenza virus (H5) TaqmanPCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Avian Avianinfluenza virus (H7) TaqmanPCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Avian Newcastle diseasevirus Pathotyping PCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Avian Pasteurella multocida (avian) TaqManPCR   Bruce Corney QLD QDPI,BSL
Avian Avibacteriumparagallinarum TaqManPCR   Bruce Corney QLD QDPI,BSL
Avian Gallidherpesvirus 1 (ILTV) TaqManPCR   Bruce Corney QLD QDPI,BSL
Avian Avian Influenza Virus RT PCR PV John Parkinson WA AHL,DAFWA Perth
Avian Mycoplasmagallisepticum  & synoviae Multiplex PCR RT, PV Nicky Buller WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Avian Mycoplasmameleagridis & M iowae MultiplexPCR for isolate identification   Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPIVic Attwood
Bat Australianbat Lyssavirus PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Bat Australian BatLyssavirus TaqMan PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Bat Lyssavirus Nested PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Bat Australianbat Lyssavirus TaqmanPCR ACC I Diallo, B Corney QLD QDPI,BSL
Bat AustralianBat Lyssavirus NestedPCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPIVic Attwood
Bat AustralianBat Lyssavirus Immunohistochemicalassay ACC Natalie Kvalheim VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Bee European foul brood  PCR   Kok-Mun Tham NZ IDCNZ
Bovine BSE Prionics-CheckWestern ACC Reinhold Kittelberger NZ IDCNZ
Bovine Infectious BovineRhinotracheitis Virus Real Time PCR FV,ACC Susan Cork NZ IDC NZ,EMAI NSW
Bovine Babesiabovis, B bigemina,Anaplasma marginale, A centrale PCR& ELISA   Russell Bock QLD TickFever Centre
Bovine Bovine EphemeralFever Virus TaqManRT-PCR ACC  A. Lew, I Diallo, B Corney QLD QDPI,BSL; EMAI NSW
Bovine Infectious BovineRhinotracheitis Virus PCR ACC Bruce Corney QLD QDPI,BSL and Q Health
Bovine Pestivirus  IDEXX Herdchek* serumantigen ELISA   John Mackie IDX IDEXX, Brisbane
Bovine Bovine ViralDiarrhoea Virus PCR ACC Bruce Corney QLD BSL ARI Qld
Bovine BovineViral Diahorrea virus PCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Bovine BovineViral Diahorrea virus Immunohistochemicalassay ACC Natalie Kvalheim VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Bovine Malignant catarrhal fever  PCR   A Masters WA AHL,WA South Perth
Bovine Bluetongue virus IP antibody ELISA   John Mackie IDX IDEXX, Brisbane
Bovine Neospora ELISA ACC Peter Kirkland NSW EMAI,NSW
Bovine Neospora PCR+ RT PCR   Dieter Palmer WA AHL,DAFWA,Perth
Bovine Bovinespumavirus (Bovine syncitial virus) PCRand Real Time PCR   A.Lew, B Corney, I Diallo QLD QDPI,BSL
Bovine Campylobacter fetusvenerealis TaqMan PCR   B Corney QLD QDPI, BSL
Bovine Bovineherpes 1 (IBR virus) PCR   B Corney QLD QDPI,BSL and Q Health
Bovine Bovineimmunodeficiency virus TaqManPCR   A.Lew, B Corney, I Diallo QLD QDPI,BSL
Bovine Bovineleucosis virus TaqManPCR   A.Lew, B Corney, I Diallo QLD QDPI,BSL
Bovine Bovine EphemeralFever Virus TaqManRT-PCR    A. Lew, I Diallo, B Corney QLD QDPI,BSL
Bovine Malignant catarrhal fever  PCR RT, PV Anne Masters WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Bovine Pestivirus IHC RT, PV Ian Russell-Brown WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Bovine/ovine Foot and MouthDisease Virus TaqMan PCR(Tetracore) and TaqMan PCR (Pirbright)  ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Bovine/ovine Bovine spongiformencephalopathy and scrapie Immunohistochemistry ACC John Bingham AAHL AAHL
Bovine/ovine/porcine BSE Prionics-CheckTest FV DebMiddleton AAHL AAHL
Bovine/avian Mycobacteriumavium; avium sp paratuberculosis; bovis  PCR ACC Judy Forbes-Faulkner QLD QDPI,TAAHL
Bovine/avian/porcine Mycoplasmasp; bovine group 7; agalactiae;bovis; hyopneumoniae;gallisepticum  PCR ACC Judy Forbes-Faulkner QLD QDPI,TAAHL
Genetic Alpha Mannosidosis - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Beta Lactoglobulin - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Beta Manosidosis - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Bovine Leucocyte Adhesion Deficiency -Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Citrullinaemia - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Factor XI deficiency- Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Hyperkalaemic Periodic Paralysis -Equine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Inherited Congenital Myoclonus -Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic K.casein - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Maple Syrup Urine Disease - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Pompe's Disease - E7, E13, E18 -Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Genetic Protoporphyria - Bovine PCR   Ian Marsh NSW EMAI, NSW
Equine EquineHerpes Virus 1 PCR ACC Simone Warner VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Equine Equineherpesvirus 1 TaqManPCR   I.Diallo QLD QDPI,BSL
Equine Equine Herpesvirus 4 Real Time PCR   I.Diallo QLD QDPI, BSL
Equine Streptococcusequi PCR   Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Universal 16s rRNA  PCR   Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Leptospira RealTime PCR   Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Anthrax immunochromatographicassay for direct detection of B. anthracis  in blood ACC Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPIVic Attwood
Multi species Anthrax  PCRfor B. anthracis isolateidentification RT Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species 16S bacterialidentification PCR + sequencing   Bruce Corney QLD QDPI, BSL
Multi species Leptospira -pathogenic serovars only TaqMan PCR   Bruce Corney QLD QDPI, BSL
Multi species Tritrichomonas foetus TaqMan PCR   A. Lew, Bruce Corney QLD QDPI, BSL
Multi species Influenza virus Immunohistochemistry ACC John Bingham AAHL AAHL
Multi species Lyssavirus (rabies) Immunohistochemistry ACC John Bingham AAHL AAHL
Multi species Avian Influenza Virus- Type A (+ equine flu) PCR + Taqman PCR ACC Hans Heine AAHL AAHL
Multi species Mycoplasma spp. PCR ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Chlamydiaceae family PCR ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycoplasmahyopneumoniae PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycoplasmagallisepticum PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycoplasma bovis PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycoplasma agalactiae PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycoplasma bovinegroup 7 PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycobacterium spp PCRon isolate ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI&F,TAAHL
Multi species Mycobacterium paratuberculosis  IS900 PCR/REA ACC Graham Bailey NSW NSW DPI, Orange
Multi species Mycobacterium paratuberculosis  IS900 PCR/REA ACC Rick McCoy Gribbles Gribbles Pathology
Multi species Mycobacterium paratuberculosis  IS900 PCR ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI,TAAHL
Multi species Mycobacteriumparatuberculosis strain typing  IS1311 PCR/REA  ACC Graham Bailey NSW NSW DPI, Orange
Multi species Mycobacteriumparatuberculosis strain typing  IS1311 PCR/REA  ACC Rick McCoy Gribbles Gribbles Pathology
Multi species Mycobacterium speciation; REA PCR; PV Judy Forbes-Faulkner QLD QDPI&F TAAHL
Multispecies Mycobacterium paratuberculosis IS900  IS900 PCR for M.paratuberculosis isolateidentification FV Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic Attwood
Multispecies Mycobacterium paratuberculosis IS1311  IS1311 PCR to differentiatebovine/ovine strains of M.paratuberculosis and & M.avium FV Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic Attwood
Multi species Campylobacterjejuni/coli PCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Chlamydiaceaefamily PCR ACC Jane Oakey QLD QDPI,TAAHL
Multi species Helicobacterpullorum PCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Pasteurella multocida  serotyping(Heddleston scheme)   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Pasteurella multocida  PCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Leptospira RealTime PCR ACC Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Salmonella spp. Multiplex PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Brachyspirahyodysenteriae Multiplex PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Multi species Brachyspirapilosicoli Multiplex PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Multi species Haemophilus parasuis PCR; tbpPCR + REA ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Multi species Lawsoniaintracellularis Multiplex PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Multi species Mycoplasmahyopneumoniae PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPIVic, Bendigo
Multi species Nodovirus  PCR ACC Frank Wong VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Nodovirus  Immunohistochemicalassay ACC Natalie Kvalheim VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Multi species Mycoplasma; PCR Richard Spence NZ IDC, NZ
Multi species Mycoplasma PCR   Justine Fitzmaurice NZ IDC NZ
Multi species Distemper/Paramyxovirus IHC RT, PV Ian Russell-Brown WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Multi species Glial Fibrillary AcidProtein IHC RT, PV Ian Russell-Brown WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Multi species Chlamydophila IHC RT, PV Ian Russell-Brown WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Multi species Cryptosporidiumparvum IHC RT, PV Ian Russell-Brown WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Multi species Clostridiumperfringens toxin types IndividualPCR tests   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Erysipelothrixrhusiopathiae, tonsillarum, species 1 & 2 IndividualPCR tests   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Multi species Arcobacterbutzleri, A. cryaerophilus, A. skirrowi PCR   Pat Blackall QLD Microresearch ARI
Multispecies Toxoplasma/Neospora IHC   DieterPalmer WA AHL,DAFWA,Perth
Ovine Dichelobacternodosus typing IRS-PCR;PFGE RT, PV NickyBuller WA AHL,DAFWAAlbany
Ovine, Caprine Scrapie,atypical scrapie Prionics-CheckWestern SR ACC Reinhold Kittelberger NZ IDCNZ
Ovine/bovine ARGT Rathayibacter toxicus ELISA RT,FV DieterPalmer WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Porcine Anthrax PCRfor spore detection RT Jacek Gwozdz VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Porcine Salmonella spp.,B.hyodysenteriae,Bpilosicola,Lawsonia intracellularis Multiplex PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Attwood
Porcine Mycoplasmahyosynoviae PCR RT Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Porcine Haemophilus parasuis PCR; tbpPCR + REA ACC Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Porcine Mycoplasmahyopneumoniae PCR ACC Karen Moore VIC DPIVic, Bendigo
Porcine Mycoplasma hyorhinis PCR   Karen Moore VIC DPI Vic, Bendigo
Porcine Actinobacillosispleuropneumoniae PCR FV MHornitzky NSW EMAI,NSW
Porcine Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae  PCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Porcine Actinobacillus. pleuropneumonia  serotyping   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Porcine Brachyspirahyodysenteriae PCR FV MHornitzky NSW EMAI,NSW
Porcine Brachyspirapilosicoli PCR FV MHornitzky NSW EMAI,NSW
Porcine Bungowannahvirus Real Time PCR FV, ACC P.Kirkland NSW EMAINSW
Porcine H parasuis  serotyping (KRGscheme)   Pat Blackall QLD Microresearch ARI
Porcine Lawsoniaintracellularis PCR FV MHornitzky NSW EMAI,NSW
Porcine Mycoplasmahyopneumoniae PCR FV MHornitzky NSW EMAI,NSW
Porcine Trichinella Trichinella ELISA PV Clive Pigott NZ IDC NZ
Porcine Porcine circovirustype 2 IHC RT, PV Mark O'Dea WA AHL,DAFWAPerth; EMAI NSW
Porcine Mycoplasma hyorhinisand hyopneumoniae PCR RT, PV Nicky Buller WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Porcine H parasuis  PCR   Pat Blackall QLD Microresearch ARI
Porcine Pasteurella multocida  Dermonecrotic ToxinPCR   Pat Blackall QLD MicroResearch ARI
Ruminant C. perfringens epsilon toxin ELISA RT, PV DieterPalmer WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Ruminants Bluetongue virus RT-PCR & Real Time PCR FV, ACC P. Kirkland NSW EMAI NSW
Ruminants/porcine Pestivirus  Real Time PCR FV, ACC P.Kirkland NSW EMAINSW
Ruminants/porcine Pestivirus  Real Time PCR PV Kok-Mun Tham NZ IDCNZ
Ruminant C. perfringens epsilon toxin ELISAcommercial test kit ACC D Palmer WA AHL,DAFWAPerth
Ruminant Rapid identification of Hamonchus eggs Lectin binding FITC ACC D Palmer WA AHL,DAFWA Perth