Sciensano performs biological analyses for identification of pathogens in animals.
How to request a veterinary analysis?
- Fill in the request form
- Prepare your shipment. A package must contain:
- A paper copy of the request form
- correctly identified samples with sturdy and watertight packaging. Highly virulent pathogenic agents require special packaging!
- Send your package to the address indicated on the request form.
Samples which don’t comply with transport regulation will be destroyed.
The turnaround time only includes the maximum number of working days required for the laboratory analyses. Administrative processing (1 to 2 working days) is not included.
| Species | Disease | Analysis name | Material(s) | Accreditation | Turnaround time (in days) | Analysis performed on | Price | Contact person(s) | URL to form(s) |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | BVD | SeroneutralisationTYPE 2 | Paired sera, Plasma, Precolostrum serum, Serum, Serum in pool | No | 5 | Thursday | 40.74 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Foot and mouth disease | ELISA FMD | Serum |
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7 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 37.29 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Foot and mouth disease | Isolation FMD | Biological material, EDTA Blood, Foot lesion, Heart, Legs, Lymph from vesicles, Mouth lesion, Saliva, Serum, Skin lesion, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain |
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16 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 119.01 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Foot and mouth disease | Seroneutralisation FMD | Serum |
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9 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 119.01 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Foot and mouth disease | ELISA Ag FMD | Biological material, Crusts, EDTA Blood, Foot lesion, Mouth lesion, Nose, Saliva, Serum, Skin lesion, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain |
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6 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 73.28 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Suidae | Foot and mouth disease | Molecular test FMD | Biological material, Bone marrow, Cell culture, Crusts, EDTA Blood, Epithelium suspencion, Feces, Food, Foot lesion, Heart, Legs, Liver, Lung, Lymph from vesicles, Meat, Mouth lesion, Nasal swab, Nose, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Pool organs, Saliva, Serum, Skin lesion, Spleen, Swab, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain |
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6 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 140.68 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Small Ruminants | CAE | Immunodiffusion SRLV | Plasma, Serum | No | 4 | Tuesday, Friday | 31.77 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Small Ruminants | Campylobacteriosis (c. fetus) | Isolation and identification Campylobacter fetus | Abomasum contents, After-birth, Bacterial strain, Cotyledon, Fetus, Kidney, Lochia, Lung, Preputial washing liquid, Sperm, Swab, Uteral washing liquid | No | 10 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 34.72 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Small Ruminants | Maedi visna | Molecular Test SRLV | Bone marrow, Brain, EDTA Blood, Embryo, Joint, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Mamma, Mammary gland, Milk, Organ, Pool organs, Spinal, Spleen, Spleen in RNAlater, Synovial membrane | No | 4 | Monday, Thursday | 75.26 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Small Ruminants | Maedi visna | ELISA for MAE specific antibody detection | Serum | No | 5 | Wednesday | 19.10 € | Brigitte.Cay@sciensano.be, marylene.tignon@sciensano.be |
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| Small Ruminants | Maedi visna | Immunodiffusion SRLV | Paired sera, Plasma, Serum | No | 4 | Tuesday, Friday | 31.77 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Genotyping | EDTA Blood | No | 21 | Monday | 54.07 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Genotyping by Real-time PCR | Brain |
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21 | Monday | 54.07 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | PRNP Sequencing Sheep | Brain, EDTA Blood |
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28 | Tuesday | 61.89 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | ELISA Scrapie | Brain |
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6 | Wednesday | 72.12 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Genotyping | Brain, EDTA Blood | No | 21 | Monday | 54.07 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | Genotyping by Real-time PCR | Brain, EDTA Blood |
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21 | Monday | 54.07 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants | Transmissible encephalopathie | PRNP Sequencing Goat | Brain, EDTA Blood | No | 21 | Tuesday | 61.89 € | Severine Matthijs, |
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| Small Ruminants, Suidae | Brucellosis | Complement fixation test Brucella spp. | Lyophilized serum, Paired sera, Serum |
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5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 23.44 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Suidae | African swine fever | ELISA | Biological material, Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Serum in pool | No | 2 | Thursday | 31.01 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | African swine fever | Molecular test | Biological material, Blood derivates, Bone, Bone marrow, Brain, Ear, EDTA Blood, Ganglia, Kidney, Legs, Liver, Lung, Lyophilized serum, Meat, Mesenteric ganglia, Muscle, Nasal swab, Nose, Plasma, Pool from maximum 10 sera, Pool organs, Serum, Serum in pool, Skin, Spleen, Swab, Throat swab, Tonsil | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 107.11 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | African swine fever | Hemadsorption | Biological material, EDTA Blood, Ganglia, Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Serum, Serum in pool, Spleen, Tonsil | No | 15 | Tuesday | 100.44 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | Molecular test | Biological material, Brain, EDTA Blood, Lung, Nasal swab, Organ, Pool organs, Serum, Spleen, Swab, Tonsil |
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2 | Tuesday, Friday | 43.43 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | ELISA gB | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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2 | Tuesday, Thursday | 12.81 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | Seroneutralisation | Serum |
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3 | Thursday | 48.04 € | Gaëtan De Gryse, Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | ELISA gE | Lyophilized serum, Serum |
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1 | Monday | 12.81 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | Batch release diagnostic kit Aujeszky short incubation | Diagnostic kit serum gB, Diagnostic kit serum gE |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1687.45 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | ELISA gB | Plasma | No | 2 | Tuesday, Thursday | 12.81 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Aujeszky | ELISA gE | Plasma | No | 1 | Monday | 12.81 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Brucellosis | ELISA (Ingesim) Brucella spp. | Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 28.19 € | David Fretin, Marcella Mori, |
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| Suidae | Circovirus (PCV2) | Molecular test | Fetus, Ganglia, Heart, Lung, Organ, Pool organs, Spleen | No | 2 | Tuesday, Friday | 41.96 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Circovirus (PCV2) | Molecular test | EDTA Blood, Plasma, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Saliva, Serum, Sperm | No | 2 | Tuesday, Friday | 41.96 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Classical swine fever | Batch release diagnostic kit Classical swine fever | Diagnostic kit serum |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1687.45 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Classical swine fever | Isolation | Biological material, EDTA Blood, Kidney, Lyophilized serum, Nasal swab, Plasma, Serum, Spleen, Swab, Tonsil | No | 7 | Friday | 136.19 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Classical swine fever | Molecular test | Biological material, Bone, Cell culture, EDTA Blood, Kidney, Pool organs, Spleen, Supernatant from cell, Tonsil |
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2 | Monday, Thursday | 77.89 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Classical swine fever | ELISA | Biological material, Foetal calf serum, Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Serum, Serum in pool |
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3 | Thursday | 11.91 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Classical swine fever | Seroneutralisation | Biological material, Lyophilized serum, Plasma, Serum | No | 7 | Friday | 64.19 € | Gaëtan De Gryse, Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Colibacillosis | Pathotyping PCR E coli pigs | No | 10 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 109.16 € | Marcella Mori, |
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| Suidae | Parvovirosis | Inhibition.of hemagglutination | Plasma, Serum | No | 4 | Thursday | 10.76 € | Gaëtan De Gryse, Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | PRRS | Seroneutralisation | Plasma, Serum | No | 4 | Thursday | 48.04 € | Gaëtan De Gryse, Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | PRRS | Sequencing | After-birth, Bronchial rince, Heart, Lung, Nasal swab, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Pool organs, Processing fluid, Saliva, Serum, Spleen | No | 10 | Friday | 281.10 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | PRRS | Molecular test | Biological material, EDTA Blood, Fetus, Heart, Liver, Lung, Pancreas, Plasma, Pool from maximum 5 sera, Pool organs, Saliva, Serum, Sperm, Spleen | No | 5 | Monday, Thursday | 77.89 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Suidae | Senecavirus A | RTPCR Senecavirus A | No | 6 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 140.68 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | Swine vesicular disease | Molecular test SVD | Antigen, Biological material, Epithelium suspencion, Feces, Feces suspension, Lymph from vesicles, Serum, Skin lesion, Swab, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain | No | 6 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 140.68 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | Swine vesicular disease | ELISA SVD | Plasma, Serum |
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9 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 37.29 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | Swine vesicular disease | ELISA Ag SVD | Antigen, Biological material, Cell culture, Epithelium suspencion, Feces, Feces suspension, Foot lesion, Homogenate, Lymph from vesicles, Mouth lesion, Serum, Skin lesion, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain |
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9 | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 73.28 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | Swine vesicular disease | Seroneutralisation SVD | Foetal calf serum, Serum |
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9 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 119.01 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | Swine vesicular disease | Isolation SVD | Antigen, Cell culture, Epithelium suspencion, Feces, Feces suspension, Foot lesion, Homogenate, Lymph from vesicles, Mouth lesion, Nose, Serum, Skin lesion, Tonsil, Vesicular tongue lesion, Viral strain |
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16 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 119.01 € | Floris Breman, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, |
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| Suidae | TGE | ELISA | Plasma, Serum | No | 2 | Friday | 37.03 € | Marylene Tignon, |
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| Wild birds | Avian influenza | Molecular test AFL | Pool Cloacal and Oropharyngeal swabs, Pool maximum 5 cloacal / oropharyngeal swabs, Pool maximum 5 cloacal swabs, Pool maximum 5 cloacal/nasapharyngeal swabs, Pool maximum 5 trachea swabs, Pool more then 5 cloacal swabs, Pool more then 5 trachea swabs, pool of maximum 5 oropharyngeal swabs, Pool of tracheal and cloacal swabs, Pool van swabs | No | 5 | Tuesday, Thursday | 75.35 € | Mieke Steensels, |
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