Kimberly S. Brown discusses lab testing with Toby Pinn-Woodcock, DVM, DACVIM, in this episode or Disease Du Jour. The objective is to help veterinarians in the field better understand which samples to send to the lab to help diagnose a sick horse.
Knowing what samples to take, how to store them properly and how quickly they need to get to a lab is critical in learning more about a horse’s issue.
Source: EquiManagement, Disease Du-Jour, August 25, 2022. Link. Pinn-Woodcock also recommended that veterinarians make unstained, air-dried slides of samples (blood or fluids) to preserve cell morphology in case of shipping delays.