Farm Animal Tests
General Farm Animal Tests
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Aerobic Culture and sensitivity (1-2 isolates) (3-4 isolates) Sensitivity per Isolate |
2 days 2 days |
Plain or Charcoal swab/aspirates |
| Anaerobic Culture | 2 days | Plain or Charcoal swab/aspirates |
| Mastitis Culture Aerobic Culture | 2 days | Plain or Charcoal swab, Milk (Chilled/Frozen/ Ambient) Single or Pooled |
| Eye Culture Aerobic culture Including Cytology |
2-3 days | Plain swab/Corneal Scrape |
| Babesia Smear (Detection of Babesia spp. In RBC’s) |
Same day | Blood smear |
| Sterile Fluid Cytology TP, TNCC and Cytology |
Same day | Plain and EDTA |
| Sterile Fluid Cytology and Culture Total Protein,TNCC, cytology and culture |
Cyto – same day Culture – 2 days |
Plain and EDTA |
| Gram Stain | Same day | Swab/slide |
Farm Animal Faecal Tests
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Worm Egg Count Inc. Coccidia (McMaster Method) |
Same day | Faeces (single or pooled) |
| Fluke Egg Count (Zinc Sulphate by McMaster Method) |
Same day | Faeces (single or pooled) |
| Lungworm (Baermann Method) |
S24 hours from Receipt | Faeces (single or pooled) |
| Cryptosporidium Parvum | Same day | Faeces |
| Rotavirus | Same day | Faeces |
| Salmonella Culture | 2-3 days | Faeces/Rectal Swab |
| Campylobacter Culture | 2-7 days | Faeces/Rectal Swab |
Farm Animal Urine Tests
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Urinalysis Dipstick, SG and sediment |
Same day | Urine |
| Full Urinalysis Dipstick, SG, Sediment and Culture |
Same day Culture -2 days |
Urine |
Farm Animal Skin Tests
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Skin scrape microscopy Microscopy for fungal elements and ectoparasites |
Same day | Skin scrape/Hair pluck |
| Skin scrape Microscopy and Fungal Culture | Micro – same day Culture – Up to 10 days |
Skin scrape/Hair pluck |
| Skin scrape – Full Microscopy for fungal elements and ectoparasites, fungal culture and aerobic culture |
Micro – same day Aerobic culture – 2 days Fungal culture- Upto 10 days |
Skin scrape/Hair pluck |
Farm Animal Haematology and Biochemistry Tests
| Test Description | Turnaround Time | Samples Required |
| Haematology (inc. Differential) | Same day | ETDA |
| PCV Only | Same day | ETDA |
| Farm Profile Haematology, Total Protein, Albumin, globulin, Urea, Creatinine, ALKP, GGT, AST and Total Bilirubin |
Same day | Plain and ETDA |
| Farm Biochemistry Only Total Protein, Albumin, globulin, Urea, Creatinine, ALKP, GGT, AST and Total Bilirubin |
Same day | Plain |
| Basic Downer Cow Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphate |
Same day | Lithium Heparin (separated prior to sending) |
| Extended Downer Cow Creatinine, GGT, AST, CK, Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphate |
Same day | Plain and Lithium Heparin (separated prior to sending) |
| Large Animal Liver Profile Haematology, Total Protein, Albumin, globulin, AST, Total Bilirubin, GGT, GLDH |
Same day | Plain and ETDA |
| Proteins Total Protein, Albumin, Globulin |
Same day | Plain or Lithium Heparin |
| AST/CK |
Same day | Plain or Lithium Heparin |
| Electrolytes Chloride, Sodium and Potassium |
Same day | Lithium Heparin (separated prior to sending) |
| Full Electrolytes Chloride, Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphate and Calcium |
Same day | Lithium Heparin (separated prior to sending) |
| Individual/Addon Tests Total protein, Albumin, AST, CK, Urea, Creatinine, Total Bilirubin, GGT, ALKP, Glucose, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Triglycerides, GLDH, Bile Acids |
Same day | Plain Electrolytes- Lithium Heparin (separated prior to sending) Glucose - Oxalate |
| SAA | Same day | Plain |
| IgG | Same day | Plain |
| Fibrinogen | Same day | Lithium heparin |