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Animal Health Services

Flock Monitoring Serology

  • IBD – Infectious Bursal Disease
  • NDV – Newcastle Disease Virus
  • IBV – Infectious Bronchitis Virus
  • MG – Mycoplasma gallisepticum
  • MS – Mycoplasma synoviae
  • REO – Reo Virus
  • AE – Avian Encephalomyelitis
  • CAV – Chicken Anaemia Virus
  • AI – Avian Influenza

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY – PCR (Real Time PCR)
POULTRY

  • MG – Mycoplasma gallisepticum
  • AI – Avian Influenza
  • Salmonella species

RUMINANTS

  • Chlamydia, Brucella and Pathogenic Leptospira

Microbiology
Hygiene Monitoring in hatcheries, poultry houses & abattoirs

  • Surface swab analysis
  • Salmonella Monitoring
  • Aspergillus Isolation

Water Analysis

  • Total Viable Counts
  • Coliforms and E. Coli Counts

Mastitis Monitoring in Dairy Cows
Milk samples tested for:

  • Bacterial culture and Identification
  • Antibiotic Sensitivity

ANIMAL NUTRITION
NIR- 
Moisture, Crude Protein, Fibre, Fat, Starch and Ash.
UREASE Analysis
Mycotoxin Analysis 
(Feed raw materials)

Post-mortem Service
Poultry post-mortem service offered at Fivet Head Office, 2 Telford Road, Graniteside, Harare.

Abortions in Cattle, Sheep & Goats
Our laboratory accepts aborted foetuses and placentae for examination to determine causes of abortion using various tests available both in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

*Please ensure that a member of the Technical Services team is contacted before any samples or postmortems for testing are brought into Fivet.
Technical Services Team 

Dr Gideon Mutema, Dr Oswin Choga & Dr Tafadzwa Chifamba
Veterinarian, B.V.sc, B.Sc. (Hons)

Mr Misha Mpofu
Bsc (Honours)  Degree in Biological Sciences – Midlands State University

Ms Maria Chikuvadze
Dip Veterinary Nursing

Test per sample Turnaround Time
ELISA testing 4 days
Water Testing for Coliforms and E. coli 3 days
Water Testing for Total Viable Counts 3 days
Hygiene Surface Swabs 3 days
Hygiene Hand Swabs 3 days
Isolation of Aspergillus 6 days
Isolation of Salmonella 6 days
Mastitis Monitoring 4 – 6 days
Milk Bacteriology for Mastitis 6 days
Feacal Egg Counts 3 days
Post mortems 1 – 2 days