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Urea (blood urea nitrogen, BUN) - photometric

Service category: 
Available Tests [1]
Service audience: 
Avian [2]
Bovine [3]
Canine [4]
Caprine [5]
Equine [6]
Feline [7]
Ovine [8]
Porcine [9]
Description: 

Code:

urea

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* [10] - Urea.


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/services/urea-blood-urea-nitrogen-bun-photometric

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-category/available-tests [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/avian [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/bovine [4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/canine [5] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/caprine [6] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/equine [7] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/feline [8] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/ovine [9] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/service-audience/porcine [10] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/guide-interpretation-ahl-biochemistry-profiles