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  • Sarcocystis neurona (PCR) [Referral]

    Test Code
    8043
    $77.00

    About this Test

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

    Detection of Sarcocystis neurona, the causative agent of equine protozoal myelitis, by PCR.

    Specimen

    2 mL cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in EDTA

  • Sarcocystis neurona (Western Blot) [Referral]

    Test Code
    8060
    $111.00

    About this Test

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

    Detection of antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona, the causative agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), by western blot.

    Specimen

    2 mL serum

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    Scrapie (IHC)

    Test Code
    1239
    $51.00

    About this Test

    Detection of abnormal prion protein, the suspected causative agent of scrapie, in both retropharyngeal lymph node and obex via immunohistochemical staining.

    Specimen

    Antemortem: biopsy of the eyelid or rectal wall in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF).

    Postmortem: retropharyngeal lymph nodes, obex, or entire brain in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF). The entire head is also accepted. 

    Certification for export of semen or embryos: the whole body must be submitted for collection and testing of brain, brainstem, spinal cord, palatine tonsils, spleen, mesenteric and retropharyngeal lymph nodes, and distal ileum.  

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    Selenium (ICP/MS)

    Test Code
    1058
    $26.00

    About this Test

    Measurement of selenium by inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. A $11.25 sample preparation fee will be added to tissue and feed specimens.

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: 

    • 1 mL EDTA whole blood
    • 5 g fresh liver
    • 50 mg fresh liver biopsy (at least 3 Tru-Cut samples, no fluid added)
    • 2 mL serum or plasma
    • 500 g feed

    For birds, 0.6 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.

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    Septicemia (Culture)

    Test Code
    1111
    $30.00

    About this Test

    Identification of bacterial pathogens that cause septicemia by culture.

    Specimen

    Blood inoculated into blood culture media.

  • Serum Amyloid A [Referral]

    Test Code
    8093
    $50.00

    About this Test

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

    Measurement of serum amyloid A (SAA) in equine samples. SAA measurement a useful tool for monitoring the course of inflammation in an individual animal.

    Specimen

    3 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma 

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    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (rtPCR)

    Test Code
    1534
    $53.00

    About this Test

    Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), by real-time PCR. 

    Specimen

    One or more of the following: nasal swab, oropharyngeal swab, rectal swab.

  • Sick Cat Panel (ELISA & IFA)

    Test Code
    1521
    $66.00

    About this Test

    The panel detects: 

    1. feline leukemia virus (FeLV) antigen (ELISA); 
    2. antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) (ELISA); and 
    3. antibodies against feline coronavirus (FCoV), some strains of which are the causative agent of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)(indirect fluorescent antibody [IFA] method)

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum or plasma

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    Small Ruminant Lentivirus (cELISA)

    Test Code
    1459
    $11.00

    About this Test

    Detection of antibodies to ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP) virus in ovine, and caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) virus in caprine by competitive ELISA.

    Specimen

    1 mL serum

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    Sodium (FAAS) [Referral]

    Test Code
    8033
    $41.00

    About this Test

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

    Measurement of sodium by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS).

    Specimen

    Fresh brain hemisphere

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