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About this Test
Detection of Salmonella spp. by culture.
Specimen
One or more of the following:
Referral tests are not performed at TVMDL; a processing and delivery fee will apply.
Detection of antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona, the causative agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), by ELISA.
2 mL serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Detection of Sarcocystis neurona, the causative agent of equine protozoal myelitis, by PCR.
2 mL cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in EDTA
Detection of antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona, the causative agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), by western blot.
2 mL serum
Measurement of selenium by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. A tissue/feed prep fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.
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.
Measurement of serum amyloid A (SAA) by automated analyzer. SAA is an acute phase protein that can increase rapidly with inflammation in horses.
0.5 mL serum, lithium heparin plasma, or EDTA plasma
Special slide stain as requested by the client.
fresh or fixed tissue
Detection of antibodies to Streptococcus equi, the causative agent of strangles, by ELISA.
Detection and differentiation between Streptococcus equi, subsp. equi, the causative agent of strangles, and S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus by real time PCR.