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Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) - photometric

Service category: 
Available Tests [1]
Service audience: 
Bovine [2]
Canine [3]
Caprine [4]
Equine [5]
Feline [6]
Ovine [7]
Porcine [8]
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).


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/services/aspartate-aminotransferase-ast-photometric

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-category/available-tests [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/bovine [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/canine [4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/caprine [5] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/equine [6] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/feline [7] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/ovine [8] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/porcine [9] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/guide-interpretation-ahl-biochemistry-profiles