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Qualitative Detection Of Veterinary Relevant Dermatophytes

Test applicable to: Companion and Farm Animals

Sample: Skin scrapings, dandruff, plucked hairs, claws, feathers

Dermatophytosis/ringworm

Dermatophytosis/ringworm belong to the most frequent infectious dermatoses in small pets, companion animals and farm animals, but also in humans (zoonosis).

Cause of Dermatophytosis

They are caused by dermatophytes, filamentous fungi using keratin (skin, hair, claws and horns) as carbon source. The clinically most relevant vet. species are Trichophyton (T. verrucosum), Nannizzia (N. gypsea [earlier Microsporum gypseum], N. persicolor [earlier Microsporumpersicolor / Epidermophyton persicolor / Trichophyton mentagrophytes]) and Microsporum (M. canis).

Factors

Beside age and immunosuppression, breeding (especially persian cats) and living conditions (breeding, animal shelter, hunting dog, multiple species keeping), travelling, lactation (transmission of infection to puppies) as well as e.g. ectoparasite based diseases and debilitated animals play an important role in developing a ringworm disease. Warm and humid climate is an additional trigger.

Clinical Diagnosis

The FASTest® D-PHYTE Strip guarantees a rapid clarification of the suspected clinical diagnosis and thus enables the veterinarian to quickly and reliably identify dermatophytosis and initiate a specific therapy.

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Qualitative Detection Of Clostridium Perfringens Enterotoxin

Test applicable to: Companion and Farm Animals

Sample: Faeces

The gram-positive anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens belongs to the physiological intestinal flora of many mammals and is a facultative pathogenic. Inconvenient endogenous (other basic diseases, diarrhoea pathogens, antibiotic therapies with massive reduction of intestinal flora etc.) and exogeneous (farming conditions, extreme changes of the food, stress etc.) factors can lead to an increased pathogenicity of C. perfringens. In addition to its ability to form extremely infectious and stable spores, the formation of lethal toxins is crucial for its pathogenicity. The classification into the various types (A–E) is only due to the toxin formation.

Clostridium Perfringens Toxins Cause Mild to Lethal Conditions

These toxins can cause extremely variable (mild to lethal progression forms) failures of the intestinal water and electrolyte balance in the different species such as goat, sheep (e. g. dysentery of lambs: type B; pulpy kidney disease: type D), cattle (haemorrhagic enteritis: type A–E), foal (haemorrhagic necrotising enteritis: type A & C) and piglet (e. g. serous-catarrhal enteritis: type A, necrotising enteritis: type C).

CPE Detected More Often In Dogs

In the dog, especially serotype A occurs, producing 2 main toxins (toxin Alpha [α] and a Clostridia enterotoxin [CPE]), rarer serotype B (toxin Beta [β]). Both C. perfringens and its CPE can be detected also in healthy dog’s faeces. The CPE can be detected more often in dogs with diarrhoea compared to healthy dogs. CPE is more frequent in dogs with diarrhoea (haemorrhagic gastroenteritis, acute or chronic diarrhoea, enterotoxaemia) than in healthy dogs. Meanwhile for cats, reliable literature data concerning prevalence and clinical relevance are missing.

FASTest C. perfringens Toxins Allows Rapid Onsite Diagnosis

Detection is only by the presence of C. perfringens in the faeces, Clostridia is undiagnosable. In a study in Switzerland, 54 % of the C. perfringens isolated showed a reduced sensitivity towards metronidazole or 18 % towards tetracycline. Because there is a general risk of resistance formation, it is recommended to identify the triggering pathogen in principle. Finally, by its high sensitivity and specificity, the use of FASTest® C. perfringens Toxin allows the veterinarian a rapid aetiological on-site diagnosis of a C. perfringens infection, the quick initiation of therapy as well as of necessary quarantine and prophylaxis measures.

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In summary, diarrhoea can have other causes. Therefore, it is generally advisable to use the species-specific parallel tests.

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Qualitative Detection Of IgG Antibodies Against Toxoplasma gondii

Test applicable to: Dog and Cat

Sample: Whole Blood, Plasma or Serum

FASTest TOXOPLASMA g is a test for the qualitative detection of Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies in dogs and cats.

Test Principle

FASTest TOXOPLASMA g is based on an immunochromatographic “lateral flow” principle. T.gondii antibodies in the sample migrate along the nitrocellulose membrane and bind to fixed recombinant T. gondii antigens conjugated with gold particles forming a pink/purple coloured TEST line (T). A correct test procedure will be indicated by a second pink/purple CONTROL line (C).

Toxoplasma gondii Parasite

Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii parasite which uses the cat as a primary host. Toxoplasma gondii infects a wide variety of other mammals and birds, and also humans can be infected which act as intermediary hosts.

Toxoplasma Hosts

Toxoplasma gondii infects a wide variety of other mammals and birds, and also humans can be infected which act as intermediary hosts.

Domesticated and wild cats are the primary hosts of this disease as the parasites life cycle is in the cat’s intestinal tract where it multiplies and is excreted via the cat’s faeces into the environment.

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