Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department Equine Disease and Residues Control Division

Site

Kai Tak Veterinary Testing Facility

Accreditation No.

21176

Site No.

25479

Date of Accreditation

13 Dec 2022

Address

Kai Tak Veterinary Testing Facility, Equine Disease and Residues Control Division, 12/F, Animal Management and Animal Welfare Building Complex, 16 Shing Yau Street, Kai Tak, KOWLOON
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Hong Kong

Contact

Dr Cyril Chan P: 852 39035386

Availability

Services available to external clients

Supervision

Scientist Supervised Laboratory

Scope of Accreditation

Kai Tak Veterinary Testing Facility

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Animal Health

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Detection and identification of bacteria Swabs Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis); Escherichia coli​​​​; Klebsiella spp.; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Streptococcus equi ss. equi Cultural; MALDI-TOF in-house method EMM-B01, EMM-B02
Detection and identification of viruses Swabs Equine influenza virus PCR - Quantitative (qPCR)

in-house methods: EBM-1 (Matrix gene); EBM-2 (Nucleoprotein gene)

Swabs; Tissues; Whole blood Equine arteritis virus Cell culture; Virus isolation in-house method EMM-V1
Swabs; Whole blood Equine herpes virus type 4 PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) in-house method EBM-4
Equine herpes virus type 1 PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) in-house method EBM-3
Microbiology - Serology of infection - Microbial antibody and/or antigen detection and/or quantitation Serum Babesia equi antibody Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

manufacturer's instructions ESM-7 

Babesia caballi antibody Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

manufacturer's instructions ESM-6 

Equine arteritis virus Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

manufacturer's instructions ESM-5 

African horse sickness virus Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) manufacturer's instructions ESM-12
West Nile virus IgM - Equine Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) manufacturer's instructions ESM-8 
Equine infectious anaemia virus Agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID)

in-house methods as per manufacturers instructions: ESM-1 (VMRD); manufacturer's instructions ESM-13 

Babesia caballi antibody; Babesia equi antibody Indirect fluorescent antibody Manufacturer's instructions ESM-10 and ESM-11 
Equine infectious anaemia virus Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

manufacturers instructions : ESM-3; ESM-4 

Influenza A virus Haemagglutination inhibition in-house method ESM-9
Serum; Whole blood Equine arteritis virus Serum neutralisation manufacturer's instructions EMM-V2

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