How to collect cloacal swab ?

Make a cloacal swab on a bird can be a tricky operation

Do not put the swab in a fresh droppings of the bird. This sampling is incorrect because we are looking for the infectious agent in the cells of the cloaca wall and not in the droppings.

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Gently insert the swab into the cloaca of the bird.

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Turn the swab from left to right for a few seconds

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Make a cloacal swab on a bird can be a tricky operation

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