Table 2 Ancillary diagnostic tests performed to support post-mortem diagnostics of non-commercial anseriform poultry at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Sweden in 2011–2020
Diagnostic test | Domestic duck | Muscovy ducka | Domestic goose | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subm | N | Subm | N | Subm | N | Subm | N | |
Bacterial culture, aerobic | 7 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
Bacterial culture, enrichmentb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Bacterial culture, Salmonella | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Bacterial culture, anaerobic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Fungal culture (yeast) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PCR, avian influenza virus (AIV) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
PCR, avian paramyxovirus-1 (APMV-1) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
PCR, duck enteritis virus (DEV) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
PCR, goose/Muscovy duck parvovirus (GPV/MDPV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PCR, avian malariac | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
PCR, 18S rDNA (fungal primers) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Virus isolation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |