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    Chemistry Profile – Ruminant

    Test Code
    1141
    $17.25

    About this Test

    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.

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

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    Cholesterol

    Test Code
    1144
    $9.25

    About this Test

    Measurement of total cholesterol by automated analyzer.

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

  • Chronic Wasting Disease – 1 Tissue (ELISA)

    Test Code
    1385
    $28.25

    About this Test

    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

  • Chronic Wasting Disease – 2 Tissues (ELISA)

    Test Code
    1386
    $33.75

    About this Test

    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

  • Chronic Wasting Disease (IHC)

    Test Code
    1232
    $51.00

    About this Test

    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.

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    CK

    Test Code
    1145
    $9.25

    About this Test

    Measurement of creatine kinase by automated analyzer.

    Specimen

    0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma

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    Clostridium difficile Toxin A & B (ELISA)

    Test Code
    1387
    $39.75

    About this Test

    Detection of Clostridium difficile toxins A and B by ELISA.

    Specimen

    2 g feces

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    Clostridium perfringens Toxin Typing (rtPCR)

    Test Code
    1274
    $49.00

    About this Test

    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.

    Specimen

    Bacterial isolate

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    Clostridium spp. (FA)

    Test Code
    1100
    $18.00

    About this Test

    Detection of 5 histotoxic clostridial species by the fluorescent antibody method. 

    Targets include chauvoei, novyi/hemolyticum, sordellii, and septicum.

    Specimen

    Fresh or fixed tissue

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    Cobalt (ICP/MS)

    Test Code
    1015
    $22.50

    About this Test

    Measurement of cobalt 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: 

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

    For birds, 0.3 mL serum or plasma 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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