Analytical Chemistry Turnaround Times

Due to instrumentation updates, Analytical Chemistry drug testing may experience temporary delays of as much as 5 business days. Standard turnaround times are expected to resume by December 1, 2025.

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    Relaxin (Lateral Flow)

    Test Code
    1206
    $46.00

    About this Test

    Measurement of relaxin by Rapid ImmunoMigration. In dogs, relaxin can be detected as early as 22 days of pregnancy but more reliably after 28 days of pregnancy. The highest concentration of relaxin occurs at 42-56 days of pregnancy in dogs. In cats, relaxin can be detected as early as 25 days but more reliably after 31 days of pregnancy.

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum, lithium heparin plasma, or EDTA plasma

  • Respiratory Disease Panel – Feline (PCR)

    Test Code
    1313
    $90.00

    About this Test

    Detection of pathogens commonly attributed to respiratory disease in felines; includes bordetella bronchiseptica, feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus, influenza A, Chlamydophila spp., and Mycoplasma spp., all by real time PCR.

    Specimen

    “Pooling” must be written on the submission form, otherwise samples from different anatomical locations of the same animal will be tested and charged separately.   

    One or more of the following: 

    • conjunctival swab
    • nasal swab
    • pharyngeal swab
    • 1 g fresh respiratory tissue
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    Reticulocyte Count

    Test Code
    1207
    $12.00

    About this Test

    Automated count of reticulocytes to aid in classification of anemias as regenerative or non-regenerative. Manual counts performed, if indicated.

    Specimen

    0.5 mL EDTA whole blood

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    Salmonella genus (rtPCR)

    Test Code
    1317
    $37.00

    About this Test

    Detection of the Salmonella genus by real time PCR.

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: 1 g feces, fecal swabs, 1 g fresh intestine, bacterial cultures.

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    Salmonella spp. (Culture)

    Test Code
    1110
    $19.00

    About this Test

    Detection of Salmonella spp. by culture.

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: 

    • fresh tissue
    • feces 
    • feed
    • drag swabs
    • other environmental specimen
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    Selenium (ICP/MS)

    Test Code
    1058
    $26.00

    About this Test

    Measurement of selenium by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. A $11.25 sample preparation fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: 

    • 1 mL EDTA whole blood
    • 5 g fresh liver
    • 50 mg fresh liver biopsy (at least 3 Tru-Cut samples, no fluid added)
    • 2 mL serum or plasma
    • 500 g feed

    For birds, 0.6 mL EDTA whole blood is adequate.

    Blood, serum, and urine samples are tested on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 7 days. Tissue and feed samples are tested on Mondays and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 10 days.

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    Septicemia (Culture)

    Test Code
    1111
    $30.00

    About this Test

    Identification of bacterial pathogens that cause septicemia by culture.

    Specimen

    Blood inoculated into blood culture media.

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    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (rtPCR)

    Test Code
    1534
    $53.00

    About this Test

    Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), by real-time PCR. 

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: nasal swab, oropharyngeal swab, rectal swab.

  • Sick Cat Panel (ELISA & IFA)

    Test Code
    1521
    $66.00

    About this Test

    The panel detects: 

    1. feline leukemia virus (FeLV) antigen (ELISA); 
    2. antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) (ELISA); and 
    3. antibodies against feline coronavirus (FCoV), some strains of which are the causative agent of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)(indirect fluorescent antibody [IFA] method)

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum or plasma

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    Special Stain – Client Request

    Test Code
    1541
    $15.00

    About this Test

    Special slide stain as requested by the client.

    Specimen

    fresh or fixed tissue

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