Diagnostic Plan Services
The diagnostic plan is a scientific preventive health program using a team approach, including you, the producer, your veterinarian, and a laboratory. A licensed attending veterinarian is required to be involved in any diagnostic and autogenous work with Addison Biological Laboratory. An Addison Biological Laboratory technician consults with your veterinarian to help identify and diagnose specific herd health problems. Diagnostic processing takes 5-8 working days and results go to the veterinarian on the case; please contact your veterinarian for results.
Guidelines for sample submission of…
Pinkeye Samples: Culture cattle’s eyes at the earliest stages of pinkeye (actively tearing, untreated animals – ideally NOT chronic cases) by gently rolling a sterile swab under the lower eyelid to recover lacrimal fluid. Please avoid touching the eyeball and any other part of the animal with the swab. Place the swab into the companying sterile tube and all swabs into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate promptly. Keep swabs cool and sealed to prevent drying out. DO NOT FREEZE.
- Keep in the refrigerator until shipping and try to ship the same day as sampling, if not the following day.
- Please complete a Pinkeye Submission Form and include with the samples to be submitted. Click here for Pinkeye Submission Form.
- Pinkeye Culture Kits containing instructions, submission form, and sterile culturette swabs are available upon request.