Tests & Fees

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To find the right test, start by choosing a service or species to find available tests. Once you choose a test, you will see information about specimen requirements, fees, turnaround time, shipping, forms, and best practices.

**Any specimens sent to the VDL for testing that do not meet the test specifications (species or specimen type) outlined in our test descriptions will have a disclaimer applied to test results.  Please contact the lab for more information.**

Note: A $10 accession fee will be applied to all submissions. A ten-percent out-of-state surcharge may be applied to submissions where animals and owners are from outside the state of Minnesota. Fees are subject to change without notice.

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Aquatics Regulatory

Service: Necropsy
Species: Fish
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Camelid

Service: Necropsy
Species: Camelid
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Canine/Feline

Service: Necropsy
Species: Canine, Feline
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Equine

Service: Necropsy
Species: Equine
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Exotic, wildlife, zoo

Service: Necropsy
Species: Exotic, Wildlife, Zoo
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Porcine

Service: Necropsy
Species: Porcine
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Poultry

Service: Necropsy
Species: Avian
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Necropsy/General Exam of Tissue - Ruminant

Service: Necropsy
Species: Bovine, Caprine, Cervid, Ovine
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Neospora VMRD ELISA

Service: Serology
Species: Bovine
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Newcastle Disease Fusion (Virulent) USDA Real-Time PCR

Service: Molecular Diagnostics/PCR
Species: Avian
Location: Willmar (MPTL)

Newcastle Disease Matrix USDA Real-Time PCR

Service: Molecular Diagnostics/PCR
Species: Avian
Location: Willmar (MPTL)

Next Generation Sequencing Disease Investigation - DNA

Service: Molecular Development
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Next Generation Sequencing Disease Investigation - RNA

Service: Molecular Development
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Nitrates

Service: Nutrition/Toxicology
Location: Forwarded to Reference Lab

Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) ELISA

Service: Serology
Species: Avian
Location: Willmar (MPTL)

Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) MVV Elitest ELISA

Service: Serology
Species: Ovine
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

PCR Roll - Unstained paraffin sections for PCR

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) - Alcian Blue (mucin)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) - Light Green (fungus)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) with and without Diatase (glycogen)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

pH Determination

Service: Nutrition/Toxicology
Location: Forwarded to Reference Lab

Phosphotungstic Acid Hematoxylin (PTAH; fibrin)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)

Picrosirius Red (collagen)

Service: Pathology
Location: St. Paul (VDL)