title: Infectious disease diagnostic assays.
abstract: Dogs and cats are commonly exposed to infectious disease agents. The following article is an update on the most common infectious disease assays used in small animal practice. In some situations, results of pathogen-specific molecular diagnostic assays can be used to assist the practicing veterinarian in the management of patients with infectious diseases. However, with some infectious disease agents, the assays are positive in healthy and ill animals and can be falsely negative and so the predictive values of the assays vary.
authors: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1678, USA. michaellappin@colostate.edu
authors: Michael R
authors: MR
authors: Lappin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007159:Immunologic Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies