We now offer the bovine diarrhea PCR panel, which includes targets for bovine coronavirus, rotavirus, and Cryptosporidium parvum. The bovine diarrhea panel is available for animals of any age; however, neonatal diarrhea study should be requested for young calves. The neonatal diarrhea study includes bovine diarrhea PCR, bacterial culture, and detection of E. coli virulence factors by PCR if the animal is less than two weeks of age.
Due to the likelihood of positive samples and lack of validation data for pooled samples, the laboratory will not pool samples.