About this Test
Detection of Rickettsiales species, including Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, E. ewingii, Rickettsia rickettsii, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, all by real time PCR.
Specimen
0.5 – 2 mL EDTA whole blood or tick(s)
Detection of the Salmonella genus by real time PCR.
One or more of the following: 1 g feces, fecal swabs, 1 g fresh intestine, bacterial cultures.
Detection of Salmonella spp. by culture.
One or more of the following:
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.
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.
Special slide stain as requested by the client.
fresh or fixed tissue
Detection of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus by real time PCR.
Nasal swab, tracheal swab, pharyngeal swab, conjunctival swab, or postmortem tissues
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