Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top, urine transport tube.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum, 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood, and 6.0 mL urine.
Test Description
Superchem with SDMA, CBC, Total T4, Urinalysis, and Heartworm Antigen.
The most comprehensive minimum database (Superchemistry with a Complete Blood Count (CBC), and Urinalysis (UA)), a Total T4, heartworm antigen detection, and SDMA (T1035) for glomerular filtration rate estimation.
Interferences: T4 evaluation can be affected in a hemolyzed or moderately lipemic sample. Lipemia can falsely decrease T4 results. Lipemia can falsely elevate TSH results.