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amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

Antifungal Sensitivity Panel [Referral]

Test Code
8185

$129.00

About this Test

Referral tests are not performed at TVMDL; a processing and shipping fee will apply.

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of fungal isolates grown from culture.

Specimen

Pure fungal isolate
amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

Antifungal Susceptibility [Referral]

Test Code
8090

$75.00

About this Test

Referral tests are not performed at TVMDL; a processing and shipping fee will apply.

Determination of the antifungal susceptibility of pure isolates.

Specimen

Pure fungal isolate
bovine, Camelid, caprine, cervid, ovine, porcine

Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Food Animal (MIC)

Test Code
1084

$21.00

About this Test

Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pure isolates from food animals by minimum inhibitory concentration. Price listed is per bacterial isolate.

Specimen

Pure bacterial isolate
bovine, Camelid, caprine, ovine, porcine

Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Mastitis (MIC)

Test Code
1085

$17.00

About this Test

Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pure isolates from milk by minimum inhibitory concentration. Price listed is per bacterial isolate.

Specimen

Pure bacterial isolate
bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, feline, ovine, porcine

Arsenic – Inorganic (Reinsch)

Test Code
1005

$31.50

About this Test

Detection of arsenic salts by the qualitative Reinsch test. Targets include calcium arsenate, lead arsenate, and lead arsenate.

Specimen
One of the following:
- 500 g GI content
- 500 g soil
- 10 g suspect powder
amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

Arsenic (ICP/MS)

Test Code
1006

$24.00

About this Test

Measurement of arsenic 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:
- 0.5 mL EDTA whole blood
- 5 g fresh liver
- 50 mg fresh liver biopsy (at least 3 Tru-Cut samples, no fluid added)
- 0.5 mL heparinized whole blood
- 500 g feed
- 1 mL urine
For birds, 0.3 mL EDTA whole blood is adequate.
Blood, serum, and urine samples are tested on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 7 days. Tissue and feed samples are tested on Mondays and Thursdays with a turnaround time of 10 days.
amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

AST

Test Code
1121

$9.25

About this Test

Measurement of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity by automated analyzer.

Specimen

0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma
amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

Azole Panel [Referral]

Test Code
8141

$210.00

About this Test

Referral tests are not performed at TVMDL; a processing and shipping fee will apply.

Determination of the antifungal susceptibility of pure isolates for fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole.

Specimen

Pure fungal isolate
amphibian, avian, bovine, canine, caprine, cervid, equine, exotic, feline, ovine, porcine, reptile, rodent

Bacillus anthracis (Culture)

Test Code
1088

$45.50

About this Test

Detection of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, by culture.

Specimen
One or more of the following:
- blood
- swab of bloody fluid from orifices
- spleen
bovine, Camelid, caprine, cervid, ovine, porcine

Bacterial Identification – Livestock (Aerobic & Anaerobic Culture)

Test Code
1090

$21.50

About this Test

Identification of a wide variety of bacterial pathogens in livestock species by aerobic and anaerobic culture.

Specimen
One or more of the following:
- fresh tissue
- urine
- swabs
- feces

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Antifungal Sensitivity Panel [Referral]

Antifungal Susceptibility [Referral]

Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Food Animal (MIC)

Antimicrobial Susceptibility – Mastitis (MIC)

Arsenic – Inorganic (Reinsch)

Arsenic (ICP/MS)

AST

Azole Panel [Referral]

Bacillus anthracis (Culture)

Bacterial Identification – Livestock (Aerobic & Anaerobic Culture)

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