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
A comprehensive minimum database (Vet Screen, a Complete Blood Count (CBC), and Urinalysis (UA)), a Total T4, 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.