College Station and Canyon labs will be closed Thursday, November 28. Center and Gonzales labs will be closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29. Please ship samples with these hours in mind.
Measurement of bile acid concentration by automated analyzer. References are available for 2-hours post-prandial blood samples or fasted blood samples.
Specimen
0.5 mL serum, lithium heparin plasma, or EDTA plasma
Measurement of the percent bone marrow fat to assess the nutritional status of an individual animal. Recommended for diagnosis of malnutrition / starvation.