Colorado Department of Agriculture
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Testing Services and Fees

 

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Samples may be brought directly to the RMRAHL Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, or sent by mail, UPS, FedEx, DHL or any courier. 

Please package samples carefully so they are not damaged in transit.  Submissions to the laboratory should comply with applicable biosafety regulations.  Submissions to the laboratory must be accompanied by a Submission form for all samples.

Charges will be billed to the veterinarian submitting the samples. There is no additional charge for samples originating from out-of-state.

 

 


 

 Disease and Test Type

 Fees Per Sample   

Test Run

 Sample Type

 Time Frame

Comments 

 

 1-10

 >10

       

 ANAPLASMOSIS

 Cattle, Elk, Bison, Wild Ruminants

           
 Anaplasmosis c-ELISA  $9.00  $7.00 Daily  Daily  Same Day*  
             

 BLUETONGUE VIRUS (BTV)

 Sheep, Cattle, Ruminants

           
 BTV AGID  $7.25   $5.75  TW  2 ml/serum  24-48 hr  
 BTV ELISA  $7.25   $5.75  Daily  2 ml/serum  Same Day*  
             

 BOVINE LEUKOSIS VIRUS (BLV)

 Cattle

           
 BLV AGID  $6.00 $4.75  M-W  2 ml/serum   24-48 hr   
 BLV ELISA  $6.00 $4.75  Daily  2 ml/serum   Same Day*  
             

 BRUCELLOSIS (B. ABORTUS)

 Cattle, Swine, Goats, Horses,Camelids, Deer, Elk, Bison, Exotics

       
 B. abortus BAPA- interstate mvmt., herd cert.  $4.00  N/A Daily  2 ml/serum   Same Day*  
 B. abortus Card Test- movement into Mexico  $4.00  N/A Daily  2 ml/serum   Same Day*  
 B. abortus SPT- movement into Canada  $4.00  N/A Daily  2 ml/serum   Same Day*  
 B. abortus BRT- milk testing  $3.00  N/A Daily  10 ml/milk  Same Day*  
 B. abortus HIRT- milk testing  $0.00  N/A Call  10 ml/milk  24 hr  
 B. abortus m-ELISA-milk testing  $0.00  N/A Daily  10 ml/milk  Same Day*  
 B. abortus isolation  $34.00  N/A Call  Tissue, Milk, Semen  15 days  
 B. abortus identification  $68.00  N/A Call  Isolate  7 days  
             

 BRUCELLOSIS (B. CANIS)

 Dogs

           
 B. canis 2-METT  $12.00  N/A Call  2 ml/serum  48 hr  
 B. canis Isolation/Identification  $18.00  N/A Call

Serum w clot or

Heparinized blood

15 days   
             

 BRUCELLOSIS (B. MELITENSIS )

 Goats

           
 B. melitensis 3% Card Test  $4.00 N/A  Daily  2 ml/serum  Same Day*  
             

 BRUCELLOSIS (B. OVIS)

 Sheep

           
 B. ovis ELISA  $7.00 $6.00  W 2 ml/serum  24-48 hr   
 B. ovis Isolation/Identification $12.00 N/A  Call Tissue, Semen     
             

 BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA (BVD) 

 Cattle

           
 BVD ac-ELISA -test for persistantly infected $ 7.00  N/A  Daily Serum/Ear Notch  Same Day*  
             

 CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS (CAE) 

 Goat, Sheep

         
 CAE/Ovine Progressive Pneumonia-AGID $5.00   $4.00 MW 2 ml/serum  24-48 hr   
 CAE c-ELISA $7.25  $5.75  Daily 2 ml/serum  Same Day*  
             

 ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI)

 Cattle, Swine

           
 E. coli HACCP Carcass Surface Sampling $12.00  N/A  TWTh Carcass swab  48 hr   
             

 EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA (EIA)

 Horse

           
 EIA AGID  $6.00 $4.75  M-Th 2 ml/serum  24 hr  *1
 EIA ELISA  $6.00 $4.75 Daily 2 ml/serum Daily  
             

 MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS (JOHNE'S) 

 Cattle, Goat, Sheep, (Goat, Elk, Bison are Liquid Culture)

         
 Johne's ELISA $4.75   $3.75 Daily  2 ml/serum Same-24 hr   
 Johne's Liquid Culture $20.00  N/A Call

 Feces,

 Environmentals

 8-12 weeks *3
             

PSEUDORABIES (PRV)

Swine

           
PRV ELISA $4.00 N/A Daily 2 ml/serum Same Day*  
             

SCRAPIE GENETIC TESTING

Sheep

           
Scrapie Genoytping Codon 171 $13.75 $11.00 M-Th

Whole Blood EDTA

or FTA Card

2-5 days  
Scrapie Genotyping Codon 136 $13.75 N/A M-Th

Whole Blood EDTA

or FTA Card

2-5 days  
Scrapie Genotyping Codons 171 and 136 $24.75 $22.00 M-Th

Whole Blood EDTA

or FTA Card

2-5 days  
             

TRICHOMONIASIS (TRICH)

Cattle, Bison

           
Trich InPouchtm Culture $5.00 N/A Daily

 Sheath smegma or

 cervical mucous

5-7 days

*4

Trich Culture from Ringers Lactate USP $7.00 N/A Daily

 Sheath smegma or

 cervical mucous

5-7 days

*4

Trich PCR $25.00 N/A Daily

 Sheath smegma or

 cervical mucous

24-48 hr

*4

Trich Pooled PCR $30.00 N/A  Daily

 Sheath smegma or

 cervical mucous

48-72 hr 

*4

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WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV)

Horses, Donkeys, Mules only

           
WNV IgM c-ELISA $11.50 N/A W 2 ml/serum 48 hr  
             

* if sample is received by 10 am.  Samples that are received after this will be run the next business day. 

Upon submission of samples to RMRAHL, samples become the property of RMRAHL and may be forwarded to other laboratories to complete your submission request

*1 Samples that arrive on Friday will be set up Mon

*2 Positive isolates are confirmed by acid fast stain and PCR 

*3 If pooling, pools will be done at lab and consist of 5 samples 

*4 Positives are confirmed by PCR at submitter's expense.Samples must be received within 48 hrs of collection.