All the information you need regarding production animal testing in one place. Please choose from the options below and if you have any questions please just give us a call or contact us at any time.
Submission forms
- Production animal submission form
- Abortion – bovine
- Abortion – ovine
- Aquaculture submission form
- Brucella ovis
- FECRT / Drench-check submission form *NEW*
- Herd Guardian bulk milk
- MineralCheck (for meatworks) – North Island or South Island
- MineralCheck – trace element testing
- TSE Surveillance
- Water trough check-up
Information sheets – Bovine
Trace elements
- Autumn trace element testing
- Cumulative trace element reporting
- Lactating cows and trace elements
- Liver biopsy sampling
- TE cheat sheet
- TE testing options
- TE testing review
For more information on trace element testing, check out our Veterinary Handbook and the MineralCheck testing information below.
Other
- Bovine abortion investigations
- Bovine pregnancy test
- Facial eczema testing options
- Mastitis PCR
- Mycoplasma bovis PCR testing
- Pink-eye PCR testing
- Sudden death investigations
- Theileria testing option
For further information on other tests and disease processes, please refer to our Vet Handbook.
Information sheets – Ovine
- Facial eczema testing options
- Mycoplasma ovis PCR testing
- Ovine abortion investigation
- Ovine parasitology toolbox
- Pink-eye PCR testing
- Selenium toxicity in lambs
- Sudden death investigations
- WormFEC *NEW*
For further information on other tests and disease processes, please refer to our Vet Handbook.
MineralCheck testing information
The MineralCheck package of tests will enable veterinarians to diagnose and prevent mineral deficiencies, gross nutritional inadequacies and production limiting diseases in farmed animals. The full MineralCheck package is designed to provide, by simultaneously testing animal and dietary samples, in-depth information for interpretation. However the package is also highly versatile. Each test can be used individually or with other tests relevant to the particular circumstances.
The objective of this guide is to provide information in a format which assists veterinarians to provide high quality advice to their farmer clients. For a brief summary of the number of samples to collect and reference ranges for the various species see the appendix at the end of this document.