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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 - Contagious Equine Metritis | Swab from various sites of the genital tract of equine. Rayon tipped swabs of small diameter (.1 cm) must be used in collection from clitoral sinuses. Cervical or endometrial swabs must be collected with an appropriately sized guarded uterine swab and submitted in Amies charcoal medium. | Each swab must be submitted in Amies transport medium with charcoal and must be completely submerged in the medium. Swab must be processed within 48 hours after animal is cultured. If mailed, swabs must be submitted with ice packs. DO NOT FREEZE SAMPLES - Submit Cool on Frozen Gel Pacs. If swabs and ice packs are warm when received, the swabs will not be processed. | 7 - 10 days. If more than 7 days of incubation is required, then the number of days of incubation required must be listed and highlighted by the submittor on the CEM accession form. While every effort will be made to process samples upon submission, samples received after 3:00 pm on weekdays and after 12:00 pm on Saturdays cannot be guaranteed to be set up for bacterial culture that same day. | $36.50 | $54.75 | 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)-Equine | 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. | $19.50 | $29.25 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Clinical Pathology | ACTH - Endogenous | 1ml Frozen EDTA plasma | Collect blood in an iced or refrigerated EDTA tubes. Immerse in an ice bath immediately following collection. Separate the plasma from the cells and immediately freeze in plastic or silanized glass tubes. (Do not use nonsilanized glass) Stable up to 30 days at -20 | Test is done daily if received by 2:00 PM. Mon-Fri | Equine and Canine only | $34.25 | $51.37 | Automated Instrument |
| 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- equine | 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 | Cortisol | 1 ml Serum | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $20.50 | $30.75 | 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 | Free T4 | 1 ml serum | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | $18.25 | $27.37 | Automated Instrument | ||
| Clinical Pathology | Progesterone | 1 ml Serum: DO NOT COLLECT IN GEL BARRIER TUBES | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | Equine and Canine only Gel barrier tubes decrease progesterone values. | $18.25 | $27.37 | Automated Instrument | |
| 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 | Thyroid Panel - Non Canine | 1 ml serum | Test is done daily if received by 3:00 PM. Mon-Fri | This panel consists of Total T3, Total T4 and Free T4. | $54.75 | $82.12 | Automated Instrument | |
| 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 |