Metabolic Profile – Lactating Herd

0.5 mL serum

Avoid hemolysis.

Remove from red cells and place sample in an additive free transport tube.

Label all samples. Ship overnight on cold packs.

This profile is designed for herd level investigation and monitoring of management and/or nutritional driven risk factors for disease or suboptimal performance in lactating dairy cattle. It is designed to be done on groups of 10-15 clinically normal heifers or cows greater than 14 days in milk. 

Groups of lactating heifers should be evaluated separately from groups of lactating cows. 

This test requires a minimum of 8 samples on a single accession. A reference mean spreadsheet will not be generated for group submissions with fewer than 10 samples. 

The Chemistry Profile-Ruminant, Electrolyte & Macromineral Profile, Energy Profile, or Liver Profile should be utilized on clinically abnormal individual animals. 

Turnaround time may vary on large submissions.