Institute of Virology
SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics for pets and companion animals now available!
The Institute of Virology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Leipzig offers a PCR-based detection method for the detection of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - in pets and companion animals. Suitable test material are swabs from the nose and/or throat. Sampling systems with a virus transport medium are preferable to the classic dry swabs. Please use the inquiry form
for sending in samples.
Please note that we only examine veterinary and no human medical samples!
Institutions at a Glance
We are an institute of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. We are part of the Center for Infectious Medicine (ZIM) and our premises are accomodating the Core Unit Flow Cytometry (CUDZ).
News
Dr. Nicole Schütze wins the Hans Schleiter Award for best publication in 2019
This year, the Friends of the VMF will award the Hans Schleiter Prize to two junior scientists for their outstanding publications.
The junior scientist Dr. Nicole Schütze receives one of the two awards for her publication in 2019 of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (VMF).
Junior scientist Karoline Rieckmann of ZIM receives 1st place of this year's research award of the bpt division pig
We are very pleased with Karoline Rieckmann about this award of the Bundesverband Praktizierender Tierärzte e.V. (bpt).
Funding by QS Science Funds
During her doctoral thesis, TÄ Maxi Harzer obtained project funding through the QS Science Funds. In this project, the "importance of viral pathogens in the antibiotic immunisation programme in poultry" is being investigated. For the next 18 months the focus will be on respiratory and enteral…
SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics for pets and companion animals now available!
The Institute of Virology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Leipzig now offers a PCR-based detection method for the detection of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - in pets and companion animals. Suitable test material are swabs from the nose and/or throat. Sampling systems with a virus…
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Our facility is located in the southwest of Leipzig, only a short distance from the city center. You can reach us comfortably by public transport or car.