Parasites

Detection test kit of Hepatozoon spp. species by using qPCR. Hepatozoon is a genus of Apicomplexan protozoa. Despite their prevalence in amphibians and reptiles, the genus is better known in veterinary circles for causing a tick-borne disease called hepatozoonosis in some mammals. Hepatozoonosis results when an animal eats an infected tick (the disease is not spread by tick bites). Some species included are Hepatozoon muris and Hepatozoon canis, which typically infect mice and dogs.

Detection by using qPCR of species of the genus Leishmania (Leishmania major, L. tropica, L. infantum, L. chagasi, L. donovani, L. mexicana venezuelensis, L. aethiopica, L. amazonensis, L. mexicana amazonensis, L. turanica, L. gerbilli, L. panamensis, L. braziliensis, etc.). Leishmania is a genus of Trypanosomatidprotozoa and is the parasite responsible for the disease leishmaniasis. Their primary hosts are vertebrates; Leishmania commonly infects hyraxes, canids, rodents, and humans.

Neospora caninum detection test kit by using qPCR. Neospora caninum is responsible for neosporosis, an infectious disease for many canids and cattle. Neuromuscular degeneration in canids, which led to hind limb paralysis, and spontaneous abortion in dairy cattle were observed as major causes of disease by neosporosis. The definitive hosts are domestic dogs, coyotes, grey wolves, and dingos; where the parasite can complete their life cycle. Recent studies have broadened the list of known intermediate hosts to include birds, which can be an important link in the transmission to other animals.

Neospora spp. detection test kit by using qPCR. Neospora is s pathogen recently identified as causing neosporosis in cattle and dogs. The dog is the definitive host, cattle are the intermediate host and other mammalian species may act as incidental hosts. Neosporosis causes abortions in cattle and neuromuscular degeneration in dogs which led to hind limb paralysis.

Strongylus vulgaris detection test kit by using qPCR. Strongylus vulgaris (commonly known as the blood worm), is a common horse parasite in the phylum Nematoda. S. vulgaris is responsible verminous arteritis and is a common cause of colic in horses. Symptoms can range from weightless or dull hair coat to diarrhea, weakness, anorexia and anemia.

Detection test kit of Theileria equi, by using qPCR. Theileria equi, formerly known as Babesia equi, or Nutallia equi, apicomplexa, order Piroplasmida, family Theileriidae, is together with Babesia caballi, the causative agents of equine piroplasmosis. T.equi has an extended geographical distribution and even in tropical regions, it occurs more frequently than B. caballi, also in the Mediterranean basin, Switzerland and the SW of France.

Detection test kit of Theileria lestoquardi, by using qPCR. Ovine theileriosis is an important hemoprotozoal disease of sheep and goats in tropical and subtropical regions that leads to economic losses for these animals.

Theileria spp. detection test kit by using qPCR. Theileria is a genus of parasitic protozoan closely related to Plasmodium. The organism is transmitted by various tick species including Rhipicephalus, Dermacentor, and Haemaphysalis. Two Theileria species, T. annulata and T. parva, are important cattle parasites. T. annulata causes tropical theileriosis and T. parva causes East Coast fever. T. equi is a known cause of equine piroplasmosis.

Trichomonas gallinae detection test kit by using qPCR. Trichomonas gallinae is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite of pigeons, but other birds such as domestic and wild turkeys, chickens, raptors may also become infected. The disease in pigeons is commonly called canker and the same condition in birds of prey is called frounce. T. gallinae is generally found in the oral-nasal cavity or anterior end of the digestive and respiratory tracts. Transmission of the parasite from one bird to another occurs by infected parent feeding young, by contaminated drinking water, or when an infected bird is prey for another bird (raptors most commonly).

Tritrichomonas foetus by using qPCR. Tritrichomonas foetus is known to be a pathogen of the bovine reproductive tract as well as the intestinal tract of cats. In cattle, the organism is transmitted to the female vagina and uterus from the foreskin of the bull where the parasite is known to reside. It causes infertility, and, at times, has caused spontaneous abortions in the first trimester. In cats, T. foetus mainly causes diarrhea by colonization of the large intestine.

Trypanosoma vivax detection test kit by using qPCR. Trypanosoma vivax is the causative agent of the disease nagana, also known as animal trypanosomiasis, affecting cattle and wild mammals. Symptoms of T. vivax include fever, anorexia, lethargy, anemia, progressive emaciation, a rapid decline in milk production, stillborn offspring, and a return to oestrus. T. vivax transmission occurs through a biological vector, the tsetse fly.

Trypanozoon subgenus (T. evansi, T. brucei, T. equiperdum) detection test kit by using qPCR. Trypanosomes are responsible for nagana and sleeping sickness; T. evansi, which causes surra; and T. equiperdum which causes horse dourine. The Trypanozoon taxa are morphologically indistinguishable, with the main differences between them being the host or the insect vector that enables their distribution.

This Protozoan parasites multiplex qPCR kit is design for the detection and specific identification of Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia duodenalis (also known as G. intestinalis or G. lamblia), Tritrichomonas foetus (new proposed name T. blagburni) and Toxoplasma gondii