Farm Animal Test List
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Worm Egg Count (Sodium Nitrate flotation by McMaster Method) | Same day | Faeces (single or pooled); PM ileo-caecal contents |
| Fluke Egg Count (Zinc Sulphate flotation by McMaster Method) | Same day | Faeces (single or pooled) |
| Lungworm (Baermann method) | 24 hours from receipt | Faeces (single or pooled) |
| Salmonella (Selective & enrichment culture for Salmonella spp.) | 2 - 3 days | Faeces, Rectal Swab, PM GI contents |
| Campylobacter (Selective culture for Campylobacter spp.) | 2 - 5 days | Faeces, Rectal Swab, PM GI contents |
| Cryptosporidium (Modified Ziehl-Neeson stain for Cryptosporidium oocysts) | Same day | Faeces |
| Johnes Smear (AFB stain for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis)[MAP] | Same day | Faeces |
| Anthrax Smear (Methylene Blue stain for Bacillus anthracis) | Same day | Blood Smear |
| Babesia Smear (Detection of Babesia spp. in Red Blood Cells) | Same day | Blood Smear |
| Mastitis (Aerobic culture for key mastitis pathogens) | 2 days | Milk Samples (frozen/chilled/ambient - single or pooled) |
| Eye Swab (Aerobic and CO2 culture for causative organisms of ocular infections + Cytology) | 2 - 3 days | Eye swab / Corneal scrape / Ocular discharge |
| Fungal Culture (Culture for filamentous fungi and yeasts) | 5 - 14 days | Swabs / Skin scrapes / Corneal scrapes |
| Aerobic Culture (Aerobic culture from any site) | 2 - 3 days | Charcoal swab / Pus / Fluid |
| Anaerobic Culture (Anaerobic culture from sterile or non-sterile sites) | 2 - 5 days | Charcoal swab / Pus / Fluid |
| Dermatophyte Culture | 5 - 14 days | Skin scrapes / Hair plucks / Wool plucks |
| Ectoparasites (Microscopy for Lice/Mites) | Same day | Skin scrapes / Hair plucks / Wool plucks |
| Dermatophilosis (Microscopy for Dermatophilus congolensis) | Same day | Skin scrapes / Scabs |
| Sterile Fluid Analysis - Cytology (TP, TNCC, Cytology) | Same day | EDTA |
| Tracheal Wash / BAL / TTA - Cytology (TNCC, Cytology) | Same day | EDTA |
Sterile Fluid or Tracheal Wash / BAL / TTA - Full Profile (TNCC, Cytology, Aerobic & CO2 culture + Anaerobic culture if indicated) | Cytology - same day Culture - 2 - 5 days | Â EDTA & Plain |
| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST for antimicrobials appropriate to species of host, site of infection & type of organism tested) | 24 hours from isolation of pathogen | Culture of organism isolated from any other microbiology profile (per organism) |
| Urinalysis (USG, Dipstick, Sediment Microscopy & Aerobic culture) | 2 days | Urine - Cystocentesis / Free Catch / Catheter Sample |
| Full Haematology (CBC, Differential, PCV etc. with blood film exam if required) | Same day | EDTA blood (& air dried blood film if required) |
| "Down Cow" Profile (Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus) | Same day | Clotted or Lithium Heparin Blood |
| "Muscle" Enzymes (AST, CK) | Same day | Clotted or Lithium Heparin Blood |
| Magnesium Levels | Same day | Serum / Aqueous humour / Vitreous humour (please state which) |
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