Tests Performed

Test Code

Samples Needed

(3) Aerobic Bacterial Culture            

AER

-  Submit 3 fresh tissue samples: placenta, lung, and stomach contents - labelled and individually bagged; for individual aerobic culture

Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV) FA           

EVAFA

-  Fresh tissue: placenta, liver, lung, kidney - labelled and individually bagged

Equine Herpesvirus PCR       

EHVPNL

-  Fresh tissue: lung (preferred), placenta - use only if lung not available

Histopathology          

HISTO

-  Formalin-fixed tissue: placenta, liver, lung, brain, adrenal, heart, thymus, small intestine, kidney, and fetal skin

(2) Leptospira PCR                

LEPTPCR

-  Submit 2 fresh tissue samples: placenta and fetal kidney preferred; stomach contents acceptable