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| Lab(desc) | 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 | Identification - Fungal | Fungal growth on agar medium | Samples should be transported at room temperature. Storage of inoculated DTM and referral agar plate/slants in a refrigerator might cause condensation which could result in overgrowth by saprophytic microorganism. | 1 - 21 days. | Turn around time is delayed if several species are present on the submitted plate or slant. Subcultures of each fungus are often required and up to 21 days might be required before each species is identified. | $19.00 | $28.00 | Variable, Microscopic &/or 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. | $14.00 | $21.00 | Fluorescent Antibody (QL) |
| Bacteriology | MALDI-TOF Identification | Referral plate | Room temperature | 1-2 Days | Test performed on well-isolated colonies | $12.00 | $12.00 | NULL |
| Bacteriology | Refer Isolate to Reference Lab | Bacterium isolated from submitted specimen. | Clearly mark in bold lettering on the submitted Accession Form that any significant microorganism(s) will be saved for shipment to reference laboratory. | Some microorganisms considered highly infectious or exotic will not be supplied to veterinarians or their designate. | $52.00 | $78.00 | Other(N.A.) | |
| Bacteriology | Refer isolate to submitting vet | Bacterium isolated from submitted specimen. | Clearly mark in bold lettering on the submitted Accession Form that any significant microorganism(s) should be saved for pick up by the veterinarian. | NA | Some microorganisms considered highly infectious or exotic will not be supplied to veterinarians or their designate. | $35.00 | $52.00 | Other(N.A.) |
| Bacteriology | Salmonella NPIP | Environmental swabs, poultry | NOTE: If sending in more than 12 samples please contact the lab one week in advance to ensure enough media is available. Swabs are accepted Monday-Thursday during normal business hours. | The protocol requires both specialized culture media for the isolation of salmonella and real-time PCR | $39.00 | $58.50 | Culture(QL) | |
| Bacteriology | Stain - Acid Fast | Slide | Same Day | $9.00 | $13.50 | Stain(QL) | ||
| Bacteriology | Stain - Gram | Slide | Same Day | $10.00 | $14.00 | Stain(QL) | ||
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Companion 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. | $25.00 | $37.50 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| 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. | $22.00 | $33.00 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| 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. | $8.00 | $12.00 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Fungal | Isolated yeast. | Up to 3 days after yeast is isolated. | The Bacteriology Section performs the MIC method only on yeast isolates. Antimicrobials tested depends on the species of yeast and species of animal from which the yeast was recovered. | $50.00 | $75.00 | 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. | $10.00 | $15.00 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Nocardioform | Isolated bacterium. | Up to 3 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. | $23.00 | $34.50 | Sensitivity(QN) | |
| Bacteriology | Susceptibility test (MIC)-Poultry | 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. | $7.00 | $10.50 | Sensitivity(QN) |