Measurement of WBC, RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and PLT by automated analyzer. Measurement of fibrinogen concentration by heat precipitation. Microscopic blood smear review for WBC differential, cellular morphology, and hemoparasites.
Measurement of total protein, albumin, AG ratio, globulin, calcium, phosphorus, glucose, BUN, creatinine, total bilirubin, CK, AST, GGT, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and GLDH by automated analyzer.
Detection of abnormal prion protein, the suspected causative agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD), by ELISA. This test is for one sample type, either the retropharyngeal lymph nodes OR obex.
Specimen
Fresh or frozen retropharyngeal lymph node and/or obex
Detection of abnormal prion protein, the suspected causative agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD), by ELISA. This test is for both the retropharyngeal lymph node AND obex.
Specimen
Fresh or frozen retropharyngeal lymph node and/or obex
Detection of abnormal prion protein, the suspected causative agent of chronic wasting disease, in either antemortem samples (biopsies of retropharyngeal lymph node, tonsil, or rectal wall), or postmortem samples (retropharyngeal lymph node or obex) by immunohistochemical staining.
Specimen
Antemortem: biopsy of the retropharyngeal lymph node, tonsils, or rectal wall in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF).
Postmortem: one of the following: retropharyngeal lymph node, obex, or entire brain in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF). Entire head also accepted.
Typing of Clostridium perfringens isolates (A, B, C, D, or E) by identifying toxin genes (alpha, cpa; beta, cpb, epsilon, etx; iota, ia) as well as genes for beta 2 toxin (cpb2) and enterotoxin (cpe) by real time PCR.