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| Lab | Lab Test Name | Specimen Amount (Min Amount) | Shipping Conditions | Turn Around Time / Schedule | Comments | In State Fee | Out of State Fee | Method QL = Qualitative QN = Quantitative |
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| Bacteriology | Culture - Listeria | Brain: 1 g tissue preferably the brain stem or pons area. Environmental samples: 10 - 20 g silage, taken from several areas. | Sample of affected tissue should be fresh (not fixed in formalin), should be kept cool and submitted in a labeled, large mouth container suitable for the size of the specimen. Silage can be transported at room temperature. | 5 - 7 working days. | $18.25 | $27.38 | Culture(QL) | |
| Bacteriology | Culture - Ruminant Mastitis | (3 - 5 ml) Milk in sterile, leak-proof containers. Please do not submit in whirl-pak bags. | Best results are obtained if samples are chilled or placed on ice during transport to the laboratory. If more than 20 samples are to be submitted, the Bacteriology Section must be notified at least 1 week before they are submitted. | 3 - 5 working days. | $9.00 | $13.50 | Culture(QL) | |
| Bacteriology | Leptospira FA | 20-40 ml urine 10 - 25 g fresh tissue. Live animal: Urine. Dead animal: Pieces of kidney, placenta and/or liver. | Collection of urine from - Live Animal: See Test Comments to right. Dead animal: pieces of kidney, placenta, and/or liver; specimen should not be over 4 hours old and must not be frozen. | 2 - 3 Working Days | Contact the laboratory for instructions concerning the collection and transport of urine for the leptospiral FA test. The specimen must be received by the Bacteriology Section prior to 2:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, and submitted within 4 hours of collection. Notify lab personnel that the urine sample needs to be processed IMMEDIATELY. | $13.75 | $20.62 | Fluorescent Antibody (QL) |
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Food animal | Isolated bacterium. | Up to 2 days after bacterium is isolated. | The Bacteriology Section performs the MIC method. Antimicrobials tested depends on the species of bacterium and species of animal from which the bacterium was recovered. | $9.00 | $13.50 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Mastitis | Isolated bacterium. | Up to 2 days after bacterium is isolated. | The Bacteriology Section performs the MIC method. Antimicrobials tested depends on the species of bacterium and species of animal from which the bacterium was recovered. | $9.00 | $13.50 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Bacteriology | Tritrichomonas Culture with Darkfield Examination | Trich in Pouch | The pouches should be submitted to the laboratory at room temperature as soon as obtained. | 6 days | This laboratory routinely accepts only samples from bovine or feline that have been collected and inoculated into appropriate transport and growth medium; such In-Pouch? TF system. If other procedures for the detection of Tritrichomonas are desired please contact the Bacteriology Section. | $9.00 | $13.50 | Microscopy (QL) |
| Clinical Pathology | CBC | EDTA blood, minimum of 1 ml, ideal sample to be a full EDTA tube for proper EDTA to blood ratio | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $25.25 | $37.87 | Automated Instrument and Microscopic | ||
| Clinical Pathology | CBC (no differential) | EDTA blood, minimum of 1 ml, ideal sample to be a full EDTA tube for proper EDTA to blood ratio | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $12.50 | $18.75 | Automated Instrument | ||
| Clinical Pathology | CBC Differential Only (manual) | 2 to 4 peripheral smear of fresh, anticoagulated EDTA Blood. | Prepare smears by placing a drop of blood on a clean glass slide and pushing the drop out to a feathered edge. | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | RBC morphology is reviewed along with the differential cell count. | $12.75 | $19.12 | Visual Microscopic |
| Clinical Pathology | Chemistry Panel-Ruminant | 1 ml. serum: Clear, unhemolyzed serum is the preferred sample. | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $25.25 | $37.87 | Automated Instrument | ||
| Clinical Pathology | Fecal Exam (flotation) | 3ml fresh feces | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | This is a semi-quantitative test. We do not perform a Fecal Egg Count. | $19.50 | $29.25 | Flotation | |
| Clinical Pathology | Stone Analysis | 1 Stone or urolith-entire specimen if possible | Clean and dry. NO FORMALIN. | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | UKVDL tests for the elements of: Ammonia, Magnesium, Uric Acid, Calcium, Phosphorus, Carbonate and Oxalate. We can identifiy stones with these elements in their composition. | $23.00 | $34.50 | Chemical Reaction |
| Clinical Pathology | Urinalysis | 12 ml Fresh voided or cathetherized or cytocentesis urine. | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $17.25 | $25.87 | Automated Instrument, Visual, Microscopic, Refractometer | ||
| Diagnostic Plans | Bovine Abortion Multiplex PCR | Placenta and fetal organs such as liver, lung, brain, kidney, spleen, stomach content and heart, bacterial, viral or protozoal isolate | Please submit the specimens as soon as possible in refrigerated conditions. | 1-2 work day | This panel has been implemented to detect major viral, bacterial or protozoa agents causing abortion in cattle. The infectious disease agents in this panel includes Bovine Herpes Virus 1, Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus, Neospora caninum, Leptospira, Toxoplasma gondii and Listeria monocytogenes. Test results should be interpreted with clinical signs and other related laboratory findings. | $102.75 | $102.75 | Real-time PCR(QL) |
| Diagnostic Plans | Bovine respiratory disease- Panel 1 (Bacterial multiplex real-time PCR) | Nasal or nasopharyngeal swabs, transtracheal washings, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, affected lung, bacterial isolate. (Minimum 50 gr affected lung) | Specimens should be submitted to the lab in leak-proof, sterile containers with refrigerated conditions as soon as possible. | 1-2 working day. | This panel has been implemented to detect major bacterial agents causing bovine respiratory disease complex. The bacterial agents in this panel includes Mycoplasma bovis, Mannheimia haemolytica, Histophilus somni and Pasteurella multocida. Because some of the bacterial respiratory pathogens could be present in healthy animals, the multiplex PCR results should be interpreted with clinical signs and other related laboratory findings. Bacterial culture and sensitivity can be performed upon request for an additional fee. | $45.75 | $68.62 | Real-time PCR(QL) |