Product Description
What does the Livestock Gut Health Combo Kit screen for?
Our Gut Health Combo Antigen Rapid Test is a lateral flow immuno-chromatographic assay for the qualitative detection of rotavirus, cryptosporidium, coronavirus, E. coli K99, and E.coli O157 antigens in Cattle and the qualitative detection of rotavirus, cryptosporidium, E. coli K99, and E.coli O157 antigens in sheep.
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Antigen Performance characteristics:
- Rotavirus
- Relative Sensitivity: 95.12%
- Relative Specificity: 97.30%
- Accuracy: 96.15%
- Cryptosporidium
- Relative Sensitivity:94.87%
- Relative Specificity: 97.37%
- Accuracy: 96.10%
- Coronavirus (Bovine Only)
- Relative Sensitivity: 97.62 %
- Relative Specificity: 97.83 %
- Accuracy: 97.73 %
- E.coli K99
- Relative Sensitivity: 89.47%
- Relative Specificity: 95.24%
- Accuracy: 92.50%
- E.coli 0157
- Relative Sensitivity: 96.00%
- Relative Specificity: 97.14%
- Accuracy:96.67%
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Expiry Date for home testing kits: 02/2028
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What are the two types of kits:
Home testing kits = Have on hand, kit is sent for you to carry out test.
Lab Testing Kit = Kit is sent for you to take a sample and return it to the lab for testing. Results are then sent to you via email.
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When might this test be a helpful tool?
Unexplained scours, the above are some of the most common causes of neonatal scours.
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Target animals:
Cattle and Sheep – To be used for testing individual animals (not a pooled kit)
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Clinical Symptoms that may be seen (not limited to):
|
Agent |
Common Age (Calves) |
Common Age (Lambs) |
Key Symptoms |
|
E. coli |
1–3 days (often <24hr) |
1–4 days (Watery Mouth) |
Profuse yellow/white diarrhoea, rapid collapse/depression |
|
Rotavirus |
5–14 days |
2–14 days |
Very watery, pale yellow/green faeces, occasionally bloody/mucoid |
|
Crypto |
10–21 days (often 2nd wk) |
5–10 days |
Persistent, watery yellow diarrhoea containing mucus |
|
Coronavirus |
Neonatal Calves (Ages 1–3 weeks) |
NA |
Profuse watery or bloody diarrhoea, rapid and severe dehydration, lethargy, anorexia, and hypothermia |
|
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Older calves & Cattle (Winter Dysentery) |
NA |
Sudden onset of explosive, dark, watery, and sometimes bloody diarrhoea. Other signs include a sharp, dramatic drop in milk yield, fever, and mild lethargy |
|
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Cattle of All Ages (respiratory disease) |
NA |
Nasal and ocular (eye) discharge, fever, rapid/laboured breathing, coughing, and general respiratory distress |
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IMPORTANT – SAMPLE COLLECTION information for Lab Testing:
- Please post your sample on the day that you take it (if sending to the lab)
- Please keep refrigerated until placed in the post-box
- If the collection point does not have an afternoon collection, please store the sample in the fridge ready for the morning collection.
- Postage recommended Monday to Wednesday where possible – Please email if posted Thursday or Friday to let us know.
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For those purchasing kits to have ready (home testing), please follow the instructions provided inside the kit.
Please note: Invalid test (for any reason) will not be replaced when purchasing home testing kits. This is due to them not being carried out under laboratory conditions. Due to this, please make sure you follow the instructions precisely.
