ViroReal® Kit Bovine Herpesvirus 1

ViroReal® Kit Bovine Herpesvirus 1

Product Description

Kit contents:

• Detection assay for bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1)
• Detection assay for internal positive control (control of amplification)
• DNA reaction mix (contains uracil-N glycosylase, UNG)
• Positive control for BHV-1
• Water

Background: Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) is a DNA virus of the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae. BHV-1 can cause both clinical and subclinical infections in cattle, including infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), infectious pustular vulvovaginitis (IBV) and infectious balanoposthitis (IBP). BHV-1 causes a lifelong latent infection in the trigeminal or sacral ganglia. Animals with a latent BHV-1 infection may serve as a source of infection for susceptible animals. BHV-1 is transmitted mainly through respiratory, ocular or genital secretions.

Description: ViroReal^® Kit Bovine Herpesvirus 1 is based on the amplification and detection of the UL27 gene of BHV-1 using real-time PCR.

PCR-platforms: ViroReal^® Kit Bovine Herpesvirus 1 is developed and validated for the ABI PRISM^® 7500 instrument (Life Technologies), LightCycler^® 480 (Roche) and Mx3005P^® QPCR System (Agilent), but is also suitable for other real-time PCR instruments.

Sensitivity and specificity: See product description