| Sample type | - Swabs**-nasal, oropharyngeal, tracheal (preferred for poultry), cloacal
- Tissues: lungs, trachea. Tissues can be fresh (preferred) or frozen.
- Culture supernatant
- Chorioallantoic fluid
**Poultry testing is conducted on a per flock basis; the lab may pool up to 5 swab samples. Wild bird and hobby poultry testing is done per bird; no pooling of samples is done. |
| Container | - Leak-proof primary container for fluids and tissues.
- Swabs must be kept moist; use viral transport media or place swab in red top tube with 1-2 ml sterile saline
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| Special submission instructions | - Label submission form and primary container “High Risk”.
- Label shipping container “Special Handling”.
- Ship all samples with cold packs.
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| Turnaround time | 1-2 business days |