Test Descriptions

Test Descriptions

Hematology

CBC
(Complete Blood Cell Count w/Differential)

Looks at: WBC, RBC, HgB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Platelet Count, MPV

Sample Type: 3 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)

Refrigerate Sample              Turnaround: Same Day

 

CBC/IgG
(Semi-Quantitative)

Looks at: WBC, RBC, HgB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Platelet Count, MPV/ Immunoglobulin G

Sample Type:

  • 3 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)
  • 2mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                 Turnaround: Same Day

 

Health: CBC/Chemistry

Looks at:

  • CBC: WBC, RBC, HgB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Platelet Count, MPV
  • Chemistry: ALB, ALP, ALT, AMY, AST, BUN, Ca, Chol, CK, CRE, GGT, GLU, LDH, PHOS, T.BIL, TP, CO2, GLOB+, A/G, B/C, LIP, Uric Acid, B. Acid, TRIG

Sample Type:

  • 3 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)
  • 2mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                   Turnaround: Same Day

 

 

Medicine:
CBC/Electrolyte+

Looks at:

  • CBC: WBC, RBC, HgB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Platelet Count, MPV
  • Electrolyte+: BUN, Ca, CRE, GLU, Mg+, PHOS, CO2, Cl-, K+, Na+, LAC, Ph

Sample Type:

  • 3 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)
  • 2mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                 Turnaround: Same Day

 

 

EIA Coggin (AGID or ELISA)

For all options:
SERUM (RED)
&
Refrigerate
Sample

2-HR RUSH ELISA (from time sample reaches the lab. Must arrive no later than 3pm)

Same day ELISA (Samples arriving after 3pm will be processed the following day)

NEXT DAY AGID (Results 24 hours from time sample reaches the lab)

96-HR AGID (Results in 3-4 days from time sample reaches the lab)

 

 

Chemistry

Comprehensive
Chemistry

Looks at: ALB, ALT, AMY, AST, BUN, Ca CHOL, CK, CRE, GGT, GLU, LDH, PHOS, T.BIL, TP, CO2, GLOB+, A/G, B/C, LIP, Uric Acid, B.Acid, TRIG

Sample Type: 3 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                      Turnaround: Same Day

 

Electrolyte +
Chemistry

Looks at: BUN, Ca, CRE, GLU, Mg+, PHOS, CO2, Cl-, K+, Na+, LAC, Ph

Sample Type: 3mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                Turnaround: Same Day

 

IgG:
Quantitative

Looks at: Immunoglobulin G (Specific Quantity)

Sample Type: 1 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                      Turnaround: 2 – 4 days            

 

IgG:
Semi-Quantitative

Looks at: Immunoglobulin G (Range)

Sample Type: 1mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)

Refrigerate Sample          Turnaround: Same Day

 

Serum Amyloid A

Looks at: Serum Amyloid A

Sample Type: 2 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)

Refrigerate Sample                   Turnaround: Same Day

 

 

Parasitology/Virology

 

Fecal Float

Looks at: Intestinal Parasites

Sample Type: Fresh Fecal Ball

Refrigerate Sample                         Turnaround: Same Day

 

Occult Blood

Looks at: Blood in the upper GI tract

Sample Type: Fresh Fecal Ball

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

C. Difficile A/B

Looks at: Detection of Clostridium difficile toxins A & B

Sample Type: Fresh Fecal Ball

Refrigerate Sample                        Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

C. Perfringens

Looks at: Clostridium perfringens entertoxin

Sample Type: Fresh Fecal Ball

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

Rotavirus

Looks at: Rotavirus Antigens

Sample Type: Fresh Fecal Ball

Refrigerate Sample                        Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

EIV
Influenza

Looks at: Equine Influenza Virus

Sample Type: 1 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

 

Endocrinology

ACTH

Looks at: Equine ACTH Baseline

Sample Type: 2 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 3 – 5 days

 

ACTH w/Insulin

Looks at: Equine ACTH Baseline & Insulin

Sample Type:

  • 2 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)
  • 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 4 – 7 days

 

ACTH
w/Insulin & Cortisol

Looks at: Equine ACTH Baseline, Insulin, & Cortisol levels

Sample Type:

  • 2 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE)
  • (2) 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                         Turnaround: 4 – 7 days

 

Estrone Sulphate

Looks at: To Determine pregnancy

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                         Turnaround: 4 – 8 days

 

Insulin Baseline

Looks at: Insulin

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 4 – 7 days

 

P4 Progesterone

Looks at: Progesterone Levels

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

Testosterone

Looks at: Testosterone Levels

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 4 – 8 days

 

T4 Thyroid

Looks at: Thyroid Levels

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

 

Special Tests

Allergy Test:
Regional

Looks at:

Sample Type:

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround:

 

CEM Titer
(Contagious Equine Metritis)

Looks at: Antibodies to Taylorella equigenetalis

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 4 – 6 days

 

CEM Culture
(Contagious Equine Metritis)

Looks at: Isolation/Identification of Taylorella equigenitalis & Taylorella asinigenitalis

Sample Type: 1 Swab in Amies transport medium w/charcoal

Refrigerate Sample                      Turnaround: 8 – 12 days

 

EHV-5 UK
(Herpes)

Looks at: PCR for Equine herpesvirus 5 DNA

Sample Type: 2 mL Whole Blood EDTA (PURPLE) or 1 Nasal Swab or 2 mL Bronchoalveolar Lavage or 1 Nasal Exudate Swab or 2 mL TTW

Refrigerate Sample                         Turnaround: 3 – 4 days

 

EPM Titer

Looks at: Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

Sample Type: 1 mL Serum (RED) &/or 1 mL CSF (RED)
*Recommend testing both types of samples*

Refrigerate Sample                         Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

EVA
(Equine Viral Arteritis)

Looks at: Detection of neutralizing antibodies to Equine Arteritis Virus

Sample Type: 1 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 5 – 10 days

 

HYPP

Looks at: Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis

Sample Type: 20 – 30 Hairs w/Roots in Sterile Container

Do NOT Refrigerate Sample     Turnaround: 15 days

 

Karyotyping

Looks at:

Sample Type:

Refrigerate Sample                      Turnaround:

 

Lawsonia Serology

Looks at: PCR detection of Lawsonia intracellularis DNA

Sample Type: 2 grams of Feces

Refrigerate Sample                     Turnaround: 3 – 4 days

 

Lymes Disease Titer

Looks at: Measurement of antibodies to different B. burgdorferi antigens

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED) &/or 1 mL Cerebrospinal Fluid

Refrigerate Sample                     Turnaround: 3 – 5 days

 

NI Antibody Screen
(Mare/Foal Compatibility)

Looks at: Crossmatch procedure for incompatibility between mare & foal (confirmation of Neonatal Isoeruthrolysis)

Sample Type: From BOTH Mare & Foal

  • 3 mL EDTA Whole Blood (PURPLE)
  • 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                    Turnaround: 3 – 4 days

 

Piroplasmosis Complement Fixation
(USDA)

Looks at: Blood-borne protozoal infection of horses caused by Theileria (Babesia) equi and/or Babesia caballi

Sample Type: 2 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

 

Strep equi PCR

Looks at: Streptococcus equi DNA (including Strep M Protein)

Sample Type: 1 Swab in viral transport medium OR 1 Gram Abscess material in urine cup container OR 2 mL Guttural Pouch in urine cup container OR 1 swab of Nasal Exudate in Viral transport media OR 2 mL of Nasal/Pharyngeal Wash in urine cup container

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 3 – 7 days

 

Strep equi Culture

Looks at: Isolation of Streptococcus equi subspecies

Sample Type: 5 mL Wash/Lavage in urine cup OR 1 ESwab OR 5 mL Exudate in urine cup OR 5 mL Guttural Pouch in urine cup

Refrigerate Sample                     Turnaround: 3 – 7 days

 

 

Drug Screen Tests

Equine Drug Screen
Level 1

Targeted & Quantitative: Caffeine, Clenbuterol, Etodolac, Firocoxib, Flunixin, Ketoprofen, Ketorolac, Methcarbamol, Oxyphenbutazone, Phenylbutazone, Piroxicam, Theobromine
Confirmation: Cetirizine, Hordenine, Ketamine, Norketamine, Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim
Identification: Any drugs on an untargeted screen

Sample Type: 3 mL Heparinized Plasma (GREEN) OR 3 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                            Turnaround: 5 – 8 days

 

Equine Drug Screen
Level 2

Targeted & Quantitative: Caffeine, Clenbuterol, Etodolac, Firocoxib, Flunixin, Ketoprofen, Ketorolac, Methcarbamol, Oxyphenbutazone, Phenylbutazone, Piroxicam, Theobromine
Confirmation: Acepromazine, Cetirizine, Chlorpromazine, Detomidine, Fluphenazine, Hordenine, Ketamine, Norketamine, Reserpine, Sulfamethoxazole, Sulfathiazole, Trimethoprim, & Xylazine
Identification: Any drugs detected on an untargeted LC-TOFMS screen

Sample Type: 3 mL Heparinized Plasma (GREEN) OR 3 mL Serum (RED)

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: 5 – 8 days

 

 

  Cytology

 

Synovial Fluid Analysis

Looks at: Volume, Color, Turbidity, Total Protein, Nucleated cell count, RBC count, Smear type, Smear description, Smear Interpretation

Sample Type: 1 mL of fluid EDTA tube (PURPLE)

Refrigerate Sample                   Turnaround: 1 – 2 days

 

Gram Stain

Looks at: Gram + / Gram – bacteria

Sample Type: 1 Eswab OR 2 mL Fluid OR 1-gram feces

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: Same Day

 

Complete Urinalysis

Looks at: Color, Turbidity, Dipstick (pH, TP, Glucose, Ketones, Bilirubin, & Blood), Specific Gravity, Sediment Exam

Sample Type: 3 – 6 mL Urine in sterile urine cup

Refrigerate Sample                          Turnaround: Same Day

 

 

Microbiology

(Blood, Fungal, Fungal w/Sensitivity, Fluid, Fluid w/Sensitivity, Nasal, Nasal w/Sensitivity, Salmonella, Stallion, Stallion w/Sensitivity, Trans Tracheal Wash, TTW w/Sensitivity, Urine, Urine w/Sensitivity, Wound, Wound w/Sensitivity)

Aerobic Bacterial
Culture

Looks at: Sterile body fluids (Such as CSF, Pleural Fluid, Peritoneal Fluid, Synovial Fluid)

Sample Type: 5-grams of Fresh Tissue OR 5 mL Fluid in non-additive collection tube (WHITE) OR 1 Eswab

Refrigerate Sample                        Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

Antimicrobial Sensitivity:
     Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates grown from culture

 

Fungal Culture

Looks at: Isolation & Identification of Yeasts, Dermatophytes, & other Filamentous Fungi

Sample Type: 20 Hairs in sterile container OR Skin (Biopsy, Lesion, or Scraping) in Non-additive collection tube OR 2-grams Fresh Tissue in sterile container OR 5 mL fluid in non-additive collection tube OR 1 Eswab

Refrigerate Sample                       Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

Antifungal Sensitivity:
     Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of fungal isolates grown from culture

 

Anaerobic Bacterial
Culture

Looks at: Isolation & Identification of clinically significant anaerobic bacteria

Sample Type: 10 cubic cm of Fresh Tissue in Sterile Collection Container OR 5 mL Fluid in Blood Culture Bottle/Anaerobic Transport Medium OR 1 Eswab/Anaerobic Transport Medium

Do NOT Refrigerate Sample            Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

Antimicrobial Sensitivity:
     Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates grown from culture

 

Uterine

  • Plated/Growth
  • Cytology
  • Cytology w/Sensitivity
  • Only Sensitivity

Sample Type:  Swab

Do NOT Refrigerate Sample        Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

 

 

Histopathology

(Additional Form Required)

Histopathology 1
  • One Biopsy or tissue site, including tissue from an off-site/field necropsy, slide review or histopathology second opinions. Full report with histopathology description.
  • Examples: A single jar with one or multiple biopsies that don’t need to be differentiated from each other; a single jar with one or multiple pieces of lung from an off-site/field necropsy; small organs such as eyes, thyroid gland, ovary, testis; slides submitted for a second opinion.

 

Sample Type: Formalin Fixed leak proof container

Do NOT Refrigerate Sample                            Turnaround: 7 – 10 days

 

Histopathology 2
  • Looks at: Two or more biopsies or tissue sites, including tissues from an off-site/field necropsy (endoscopic biopsies including stomach, small intestine, colon)
  • Whole organ requiring gross evaluation and multiple sections (brain, spleen, liver lobe, uterus and ovaries from OVH)
  • Evaluation of a tumor bed for complex margins
  • Hard tissues requiring decalcification (single toe, bone biopsy, tooth, hoof)
  • Request for gross evaluation by a pathologist

 

Sample Type: Formalin Fixed in a leak-proof container

Do NOT Refrigerate Sample                 Turnaround: 7 – 10 days