About this Test
Microscopic examination of Wright’s Giemsa stained blood smear for infectious agents only.
Specimen
0.5 mL EDTA whole blood or air-dried slide
Detection of Hepatozoon americanum / canis by PCR.
EDTA whole blood or body fluid.
Detection of a variety of herbicides by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
One or more of the following:
Detection of Heterobilharzia americana, the causative agent of canine schistosomiasis, by PCR.
1 g feces
Histologic evaluation of antemortem, formalin fixed tissue.
Specimen in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF)
Histologic evaluation of postmortem tissues.
Histologic evaluation of postmortem tissues. The price listed ($73.50) is for up to 8 tissues; 9-15 tissues is $90.75; greater that 15 tissues is $105.00.
Review of previously read histopathology slides.
Paraffin embedded blocks or H&E slides previously prepared at TVMDL.
Detection of antibodies to Histoplasma capsulatum, the causative agent of histoplasmosis, by agar gel immunodiffusion.
1 mL serum