Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
0.5 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
Vet Screen with SDMA, CBC, Heartworm Antigen, and T4.
A comprehensive chemistry panel with SDMA (SA025), a Complete Blood Count (CBC), heartworm antigen detection, and a Total T4.
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.