Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
Adult Wellness Chemistry with SDMA, CBC, Heartworm Antigen, and Total T4.
A comprehensive chemistry with a Complete Blood Count (CBC), a Total T4, heartworm antigen detection, and SDMA (CT1035) 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.