Measurement of metals and minerals by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. Targets include manganese, cobalt, copper, iron, molybdenum, selenium, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and thallium. A tissue/feed prep fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.
Specimen
One or more of the following*:
Both 0.5 mL EDTA whole blood and 1 mL serum/plasma (both sample types are required)*
For birds, 0.6 mL EDTA or heparinized whole blood is adequate.
*Serum/plasma samples are required for this panel. Whole blood selenium testing may be useful to evaluate chronic selenium status, as concentrations reflect selenium exposure over an extended period. Serum/plasma selenium provides information on real time concentrations only. TVMDL provides reference intervals for both serum/plasma and whole blood selenium for cattle, horses, sheep, birds, and white-tailed deer. For goats, TVMDL has reference intervals for serum/plasma only.
Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, the causative agent of Johne’s disease, by real time PCR. TVMDL provides an option to pool up to three samples if pooling is indicated on the submission form. Pooling will incur an additional fee per sample.