- Container
- Fluid in non-additive tube OR dry swab in non-additive tube with no media marked with the source
- Specimen
- Nasal wash OR guttural pouch wash OR pharyngeal swab
- Description
- Detects S. equi bacterial DNA and is used primarily to identify asymptomatic carriers. Nasal washes, nasal swabs, or guttural pouch washes are appropriate samples for the S. equi PCR. Back-up culture is also available.
