Iron – Feed or Tissue (ICP/MS)

One or more of the following:

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

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.

Do not submit tissues in formalin or saline. For feedstuff, submit a representative sample of the entire ration. The price of this test includes tissue and feed specimen preparation.

Sealed, leak-proof plastic bag or container.

Label all samples. Ship overnight on cold packs.

Samples must be received in the testing lab / location by 3:30 p.m., otherwise samples will be held until the next scheduled test day. The price of this tests includes tissue and feed specimen preparation. 

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.