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Ovine Tests (199)

An accession fee of $8.00 is applied to each accession/case, not each specimen. An accession is defined as samples from the same animal / herd / flock, originating from a single animal owner, submitted for the same condition, collected at the same time. This allows clients to receive bulk testing of same species (from the same owner) under one accession. Poultry submissions requesting multiples tests (e.g., AI, Mg/Ms, culture, etc.) for a single flock are counted as one accession.

Turnaround times are estimates in business days and apply to individual tests. Actual reporting of test results depends on the full battery of tests requested, day of the week/time of day samples arrive at the testing laboratory, and the quantity/quality of samples submitted. Information on additional services and fees can be found here.

The tests and fee schedules are provided for use by TVMDL clients, including veterinarians and animal owners. Fees charged to animal owners by veterinarians may exceed test prices shown herein, reflecting the time, expertise, and expense necessary to collect the sample, ship it in an appropriate manner, interpret results, and provide treatment advice.

Name ↑ Description Species Price
BUN

Measurement of blood urea nitrogen by automated analyzer.

Specimen:

0.5 mL serum, lithium heparin plasma, urine, or body fluid

Bovine, Canine, Caprine, Cervid, Equine, Feline, Ovine, Porcine $8.75 Details
Campylobacter spp. (Culture)

Detection of Campylobacter spp. by culture.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • swab 
  • fluid
  • fetal tissue
  • fetal stomach content

Bovine, Canine, Caprine, Ovine $12.00 Details
Herbicide (GC/MS)

Detection of a variety of herbicides by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • 30 g GI contents
  • 10 g bait (source material)
  • 40 g forage or hay
  • 20 g liver
  • 10 g crop content

Avian, Bovine, Camelid, Canine, Caprine, Cervid, Equine, Feline, Non Animal, Ovine, Porcine $167.25 Details
Histopathology – Postmortem 8 or Fewer Tissues

Histologic evaluation of postmortem tissues. The price listed ($70.00) is for up to 8 tissues; for more than 8 tissues, the price is $86.50.

Specimen:

Specimen in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF)

All $70.00 Details
Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Food Animal (MIC)

Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pure isolates from food animals by minimum inhibitory concentration.

Specimen:

Pure bacterial isolate

Bovine, Camelid, Caprine, Cervid, Ovine, Porcine $20.00 Details
Cholesterol

Measurement of total cholesterol by automated analyzer.

Specimen:

0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

All $8.75 Details
Malignant Catarrhal Fever (rtPCR)

Detection of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) by real-time PCR. This test can distinguish between the ovine, ibex, white tail deer, caprine and alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 strains of MCF.

Specimen:

1 g fresh tissue (lymph node, liver, spleen, kidney, lung) and/or 1-2 mL EDTA whole blood.

Bovine, Caprine, Cervid, Exotic, Ovine $32.25 Details
Cache Valley Virus (VN)

Detection of antibodies to Cache Valley virus by virus neutralization.

Specimen:

1 mL serum

Bovine, Camelid, Caprine, Cervid, Ovine $16.25 Details
Molybdenum (ICP/MS)

Measurement of molybdenum by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. A $10.75 sample preparation fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

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

For birds, 0.3 mL serum or plasma is adequate.

Blood, serum, and urine samples are tested on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 5 days. Tissue and feed samples are tested on Mondays and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 7 days.

All $21.50 Details
Gross Tissue Examination

Macroscopic evaluation of fresh or fixed specimens for lesions by a pathologist prior to histopathology processing.

Specimen:

Fresh tissue in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF)

All $27.00 Details
Salmonella Serotyping [Referral]

Identification of a particular Salmonella serotype from a pure isolate by agglutination.  When salmonella is detected via culture, the isolate is sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) for serotyping at no cost to the client.

Specimen:

Salmonella isolate

Avian, Bovine, Camelid, Canine, Caprine, Cervid, Equine, Exotic, Feline, Ovine, Porcine, Rodent $0.00 Details
Brucella Confirmation & Speciation [Referral]

Confirmation and speciation of suspect Brucella cultures. 

Specimen:

Pure bacterial isolate 

Bovine, Canine, Ovine $0.00 Details
Cytology – Bone Marrow

Cytologic evaluation of bone marrow aspirates and microscopic evaluation by a clinical pathologist.

Specimen:

All of the following: bone marrow in EDTA, 1 mL peripheral blood in EDTA, air-dried slides. Submission of a fresh peripheral blood smear is also recommended.

All $48.50 Details
Amylase

Measurement of amylase activity by automated analyzer.

Specimen:

0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

Amphibian, Camelid, Canine, Caprine, Cervid, Exotic, Feline, Ovine, Porcine, Rodent $8.75 Details
Microbial Identification Extended (Culture)

Culture beyond standard methods when necessary to obtain a microbial identification for fungal or bacterial isolates.

Specimen:

Pure isolate

All $14.00 Details
Metaldehyde (GC/MS)

Detection of metaldehyde by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

Specimen:

10 g GI content, vomitus, or bait

Bovine, Canine, Caprine, Equine, Feline, Non Animal, Ovine, Porcine $54.00 Details
Buffy Coat Examination

Detection of infectious agents (i.e. Hepatozoon spp., bacteria, spirochetes) and neoplastic cells (i.e. mast cells) by microscopic evaluation of the buffy coat.

Specimen: 1 mL EDTA whole blood

All $16.25 Details
Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Mastitis (MIC)

Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pure isolates from milk by minimum inhibitory concentration.

Specimen:

Pure bacterial isolate

Bovine, Camelid, Caprine, Ovine, Porcine $16.25 Details
CK

Measurement of creatine kinase by automated analyzer.

Specimen:

0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

All $8.75 Details
Coxiella burnetii (rtPCR)

Detection of Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, by real time PCR.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • 1 g fresh liver or lung fetal tissue
  • fetal stomach content
  • 1 g placenta
  • 1-2 mL vaginal discharge
  • 1-2 mL milk
  • 1-2 mL colostrum

Bovine, Caprine, Ovine $32.25 Details
Electron Microscopy

General evaluation of samples for virus particles using transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • 2-5 g intestine
  • 2-5 mL intestinal content
  • 5 g feces
  • other fresh samples as deemed appropriate by submitter and/or professional staff

All $48.50 Details
Nitrates – Fluids (Colorimetric)

Measurement of nitrates and nitrites in fluids by colorimetric analysis.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • 1 mL ocular fluid
  • entire eye ball
  • 1 mL urine
  • 1 mL serum
  • 20 mL water

Bovine, Camelid, Caprine, Cervid, Ovine $13.00 Details
Campylobacter jejuni (rtPCR)

Detection of Campylobacter jejuni by real time PCR.

Specimen:

One or more of the following: 

  • bacterial culture
  • 1 g fresh tissue (fetus, placenta, lung)
  • 1-2 mL stomach contents
  • 1-2 mL preputial wash
  • 1-2 mL cervical swab
  • 1-2 mL uterine wash
  • 1-2 g feces

Bovine, Canine, Caprine, Ovine $27.00 Details
25-Hydroxyvitamin D [Referral]

Identification of vitamin D toxicity or deficiency.  This assay will detect metabolites of cholecalciferol (rat poisons, vitamin D supplements); it will not detect toxicity due to calcitriol (Rocaltrol) or calcipotriene (Dovonex – anti-psoriasis cream).  Interpretation of results by a veterinary endocrinologist is included. 

Specimen:

0.5 mL fasting serum

All $56.00 Details
Antifungal Susceptibility [Referral]

Determination of the antifungal susceptibility of pure isolates. 

Specimen:

Pure fungal isolate

All $70.00 Details
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