About this Test
Measurement of selenium by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. A tissue/feed prep fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.
Specimen
One or more of the following:
For birds, 0.6 mL EDTA whole blood is adequate.
Identification of bacterial pathogens that cause septicemia by culture.
Blood inoculated into blood culture media.
Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), by real-time PCR.
One or more of the following: nasal swab, oropharyngeal swab, rectal swab.
The panel detects:
0.5 mL serum or plasma
Special slide stain as requested by the client.
fresh or fixed tissue
Qualitative detection of strychnine using liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).
Measurement of thyroid hormone T3 (triiodothyronine) by chemiluminescence.
0.5 mL serum
Measurement of thyroid hormone T4 (thyroxine) by chemiluminescence.
Measurement of testosterone before and after administration of hCG stimulation to confirm cryptorchidism, primarily in equine, by chemiluminescence.
0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma
Measurement of testosterone by chemiluminescence.