Introduction

P. multocida is a bacterium that infects a wide range of animals such as pigs, rabbits, cows, and birds. Symptoms include pneumonia, cough, shortness of breath, fever, skin discoloration, loss of appetite, etc. In the worst case, it may lead to death. In the case of pigs, infection of P. multocida is accompanied by other respiratory diseases such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and atrophic rhinitis (AR). Farmers may suffer from increased mortality rate and reduced growth rate of pigs, which further leads to economic loss due to the delayed shipping. Pneumonia caused by P. multocida and by other pathogens have similar symptoms, which is why P. multocida-specific PCR is required for the distinguishment.

Product Features

• Rapid Detection

      Results are available within 60 minutes.

• Convenient Operation

      Pre-mixed reagents are ready to use. Simply add extracted samples or controls without additional reaction preparation steps.

• Broad Sample Applicability

     Compatible with nucleic acids extracted from a variety of tissue, body fluid, blood, and excreta samples collected from live or dead animals.

• Easy Result Interpretation

      Results can be readily interpreted based on Ct values.

• Wide Instrument Compatibility

   Compatible with ABI 7500, Agilent MX3000P/MX3005P, LightCycler, Bio-Rad, Eppendorf, and other real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR instruments.

Note: For some products, the exogenous internal control is combined with the PCR Master Mix in a single tube.