The following is a partial list of commercial laboratories that provide various types of analyses on animal feeds. You may find it useful if you need testing to determine a feed product's guaranteed analysis for labeling purposes or desire testing to verify the guarantees on products you may have purchased.
Additional information about each company's services, prices, and sampling/handling procedures should be obtained by contacting them directly.
Colorado Laboratories
Out of State Laboratories
*The listing or omission of any laboratory does not imply endorsement or disapproval of analytical services by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA).
| Name and Contact Information | Analytical Services / Methods |
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Industrial Laboratories Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 |
Animal Feed Testing for Nutrients |
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Warren Analytical Lab |
Animal Feed Testing for Nutrients |
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Weld Laboratories, Inc. |
Animal Feed Testing for Nutrients |
Out of State Laboratories:
*The listing or omission of any laboratory does not imply endorsement or disapproval of analytical services by the CDA.
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Name and Contact Information |
Analytical Services / Methods |
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A & L Analytical Labs, Inc. Phone: 901-213-2400 |
Crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, moisture Mineral analysis: P, K, Mg, Ca, S, ADF, TDN, net energy, ash, acid detergent insoluble protein Mycotoxin analysis: aflatoxin, fumonisin, vomitoxin (DON), T-2 |
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Anresco, Inc. |
Proximate analyses, Amino acids, Vitamins |
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Barrow-Agee Laboratories |
Full range of pet food analyses, Crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, moisture, Vitamin/mineral analyses, Mycotoxins: HPLC and screens for aflatoxin, fumonisin, vomitoxin (DON), T-2, zearalenone Pesticide residues. |
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Central Analytical Labs, Inc. |
Grains, feeds, and vegetable oils GMO testing |
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Eurofins Des Moines, IA 50313 |
Specializes in the analysis of feeds and pet foods. Variety of analyses including amino acids, vitamins, mineral, animal drugs & antibiotics, lipid testing, mycotoxin screenings, microbiological assays and proximate testing. |
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Holmes Laboratory, Inc. |
Wet chemistry procedures for all testing moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, ADF, TDN, minerals Mycotoxin analyses: aflatoxin, vomitoxin (DON), T-2, zearalenone, fumonisin, ochratoxin |
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Iowa Testing Laboratories, Inc. |
Areas of testing include: feeds, forages, soils, manure and water Crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, ADF, moisture, ash, minerals |
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Minnesota Valley |
Feed & fertilizer analyses (AOAC methods) Feed testing services include all major and minor nutrients as well as vitamins and amino acids GC, HPLC, TLC, GPC, GC/MS analyses Aflatoxins in feed |
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Ralston Analytical Laboratories |
Comprehensive chemical and microbiological testing services to the food and feed industries Proximate assays, dietary fiber analysis, vitamin assays, fatty acid profiles, minerals and metals, microscopy, microbiology testing Microbiological food safety and quality tests are offered including tests for Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7 |
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Romer Labs, Inc. |
Mycotoxin analysis and contamination control Aflatoxins, Trichothecenes, Fumonisins, Zearalenone, Ochratoxin |
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Trilogy Analytical Laboratory, Inc Internet: www.trilogylab.com |
Quantitative Mycotoxin testing for over twenty toxins including Aflatoxins, Vomitoxin (DON), Zearalenone , Fumonisins, T-2, Ochratoxin and others. Microbiological methodology, vitamin assays, mycotoxin reference materials, mycotoxin standards. |
**For information, contact the Colorado Department of Agriculture's Feed Program.