Service category:
Available Tests [1]
Description:
Code:
acth
Lab:
C
Days test started:
M-Sa
TAT:
1 d
Available for:
Companion Animal
Specimen Type/Volume
1 mL EDTA plasma.Shipping Information
Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.Collection Protocol
Collect blood into a plastic EDTA blood collection tube. Centrifuge and immediately transfer the plasma into a plastic shipping vial. Label sample as plasma. Freeze immediately and ship with freezer packs. Use of glass collection tubes may falsely decrease results. In order to provide an accurate result, the sample needs to remain frozen when it arrives at the lab.Additional Information
In the User's Guide - See Clinical Pathology section - Hyperadrenocorticism* [4] E and Equine Endocrine Testing* [5].