Bacteriology

$10 enrichment + routine culture fee ($15.00 - 25.00 depending on sample type). If enriching for PCR, $10 enrichment + Salmonella PCR fee ($30.00). If PCR positive, sample will be cultured and $25 routine culture fee will be added.

Serotyping is done via agglutination. Turn around time: 2-4 days if isolation required.

Vaginal swabs are $25 each. Porcine nasal swabs are only effective for culturing Pasteurella and Bordetella. Samples with inherently high level of background flora (e.g., fecal samples of any species, swine nasal/oral fluid samples), are not pooled.