Service category:
Available Tests [1]
Description:
Code:
ast
Lab:
C
Days test started:
M-Sa
TAT:
1 d
Available for:
Food Animal
Companion Animal
Specimen Type/Volume
0.5 mL serum or lithium-heparin plasma.Shipping Information
Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.Collection Protocol
Collect blood into a red-top vacutainer; avoid hemolysis. Allow the sample to clot. Centrifuge the sample; separate the serum from the cells and transfer to a leakproof, labelled tube. Refrigerate or freeze and ship with freezer packs. Lithium-heparin plasma is acceptable, however laboratory reference intervals are for serum samples.Additional Information
In the User's Guide - See Clinical Pathology section - Guide to interpretation of AHL biochemistry profiles* [9] - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST).