A nucleic acid analyzer allows you to detect dangerous infections in cats and dogs in just 30 minutes right in the shelter, without sending tests to a laboratory and without wasting time. But for this device to work, it needs test cartridges - disposable modules that each detect a specific infection. The foundation is now opening a fundraiser to purchase a set of these cartridges.
Every week the shelter receives cats from the street - weakened, emaciated, often already infected with dangerous viruses. Among them the most frequent and the most insidious are: panleukopenia - a virus that causes severe diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and death of immune system cells. Without urgent diagnosis and support, a cat can die in a matter of days.Nearly 80% of street cats are carriers of herpesvirus, which affects the respiratory tract and eyes. It causes sneezing, pus from the nose and eyes, and loss of appetite. It is important to realize that the symptoms of these diseases are often similar, but the treatment is different.
“Each cartridge is an opportunity not to guess, but to know exactly what we are dealing with. And that means - to start saving at once, not at random,” share the shelter's veterinarians. The cartridges and analyzer will save time on labs and transportation, ensure the safety of other animals in the shelter through timely isolation, and reduce costs for unnecessary medications and secondary treatment. Help the shelter doctors not waste a minute when lives are on the line!
