Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
1.5 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
Superchem with SDMA, CBC, Total T4, Free T4 by ED, and Heartworm Antigen
The most comprehensive chemistry with SDMA (SA010), a Complete Blood Count (CBC), a thyroid screening panel (T4, FT4 ED) and heartworm antigen detection.
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.