Service category:
Available Tests [1]
Description:
Code:
nefa
Lab:
C
Days test started:
M-Sa
TAT:
1 d
Available for:
Food Animal
Specimen Type/Volume
0.5 mL serum or EDTA plasma.Shipping Information
Ship in insulated container with freezer packs.Collection Protocol
Collect blood into a red-top vacutainer; avoid hemolysis. Separate serum from cells as soon as possible following collection and transfer to a leakproof tube. Refrigerate until shipped. Heparin plasma is not acceptable.Additional Information
In the User's Guide - See Clinical Pathology section - Guide to interpretation of AHL biochemistry profiles* [6] - Non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA).