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Fee Schedule & Policy Information

Address:

Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory
1174 Snowy Range Road
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: 307-742-6638 (Front Office); 307-742-6681 + extension (Diagnostic Lab)
WATS: 1-800-442-8331 (in state only)
FAX: 307-721-2051
WEB: http://wyovet.uwyo.edu            Hours:  September -April: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm pm                                                                      May - August: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm

Policy Information

 

Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory fee policy is as follows:

1. The person requesting services will be the person billed and will receive all reports (NO EXCEPTIONS).

2. Fees for diagnostic tests performed for non-farm industry (e.g. pharmaceutical companies) and research grants will be assessed an additional 20%. This added fee does not apply to other cooperating agencies and diagnostic laboratories where mutually beneficial collaborations have been arranged.

3. The maximum fee applies to single animal clinical diagnostic submissions and includes all tests performed in-house. The maximum fee does not apply to referred tests or testing assessed an hourly fee, i.e. legal and insurance cases. The Laboratory will phone the submitter if hourly fees may apply. THE MAXIMUM FEES DO NOT APPLY TO CASES SUBMITTED BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF WYOMING. Additional animals related to the same submission may be accepted for an additional $60.00 each at the discretion of the WSVL. The maximum fee for additional submissions applies to each additional animal submitted at the same time and from the same owner as part of the same problem. Not all testing may be done on each animal at the discretion of WSVL. DOES NOT INCLUDE AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF WYOMING

4. Professional services rendered for forensic, insurance, and other legal claims will be charged at the rate of $150 per hour in addition to other laboratory charges. These services include consultation, telephone calls, site visits, document preparation, and legal testimony.

5. Services will not be offered to clients with accounts that are greater than 90 days past due.

6. Income from fees supports almost 40% of this laboratory's budget and helps to cover case reporting, telephone charges, and return shipping of packaging material in addition to the service provided.

7. Tissues for histopathology must be fixed to reduce autolysis.

8. Individual fees may change in the interim as a result of drastic changes in prices for reagents and/or diagnostic kits.

9. Accessions submitted to the WSVL, including carcasses, tissues and agents isolated from samples, become the property of the WSVL unless other arrangements are made in writing at the time of submission or if a memorandum of understanding exists between the Laboratory and the State or other entity.

10. Custom test development is available; please call for details.

11. Laboratory results are joint property of the WSVL and the person (or institution) that paid for the test(s). They will not be shared with third parties except in the following circumstances:

  • There is a legal requirement to do so.

  • Laboratory testing results in a reportable disease

  • It is in the interests of animal or human health to do so. This will be decided on a case by case basis by the laboratory director or, in her/his absence, by the acting director or by the faculty member in whose section that test was run.

The laboratory will periodically release summary data of disease patterns, and share them with the Wyoming Livestock Board, Wyoming Department of health, and clients through newsletters, press releases and annual reports.

12. Beginning July 1, 2008 histopathology reports will not include a detailed description of lesions. This will affect histopathology reports dealing with mail-in as well as in-house necropsy tissues and surgical biopsies. Detailed description of lesions is available on a case-by-case basis but must be specifically requested and will entail an additional charge of $10.00.

13.  Some tests are not performed routinely by WSVL. Submissions requesting such tests will automatically be forwarded to an appropriate lab for processing. As a matter of policy, WSVL will send samples to laboratories that provide reliable, rapid, and economical service. If a test is not listed in this fee schedule please call to see if the test is available and, if not, where it will be sent. Submission of samples to WSVL for out-of-lab testing is assumed to represent tacit agreement of this policy.
 
Maximum Fee

$150.00

Includes all tests (EXCEPT referred tests and tests assessed an hourly fee—see policy) needed to make a diagnosis on one animal or tissues from one animal.

 
Additional Submissions

$60.00

Each additional related animal or litters submitted at the same time from the same owner, provided they are part of one problem. This does not include referred tests

 
Referral Fee (UPS)

$10.00
OVERNIGHT
(FedEx or UPS)		 Actual price
$25.00 - $40.00
for most
No Referral Fee for those tests offered by WSVL but referred because of unforeseen difficulties or for specimens delivered to Wyoming State Chemical Lab

 

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Pathology Section

307-742-6638 and ask for duty pathologist
or
Dr. Cornish - 307 742 6681 ext. 191
Dr. O’Toole 307 742 6681 ext. 204
Dr. Swist - 307 742 6681 ext. 211
Dr. Fox - 307 742 6681 ext 141

307 742 6681 Ext. 121 for Necropsy/Sample Receiving Technician
Necropsy (except horses and food animal fetuses) (includes disposal for animals weighing <500 lbs)

$35

Necropsy (horses) <100 lb

 $35

Necropsy (horses) 100 - 500 lb

 $60

Necropsy (horses) >500 lb

 $80

Necropsy—food animal fetuses

$30

Incineration for animals >500 lbs

$20
Fetal necropsy sample mailers $7
Spinal cord removal $50
Histopathology

Surgical pathology (biopsies)
1 to 3 slides

 $35
Extra slides (>3: cost per slide) $3

Each biopsy representing a separate entity will be assessed an additional charge of $5.00/mass (maximum charge per animal $60)

 

Necropsy tissues, 1-10 slides

$40

Each additional slide over 10
Maximum charge per animal $75

$3

Detailed descriptive histopathology report
(see policy statement 12)

$10
Research slides $3
Special stains (cost per stain) $8
Referral slide $12
Cytology $35
Immunohistochemistry (per antigen) Except CWD $20
BVDV IHC in-state (per 6 samples) $26
BVDV IHC out-of-state (per 6 samples) $31
Chronic Wasting Disease testing on obex or lymph nodes (per slide) $25
Mare endometrium (per mare) $35
Cremation (for disposal only, small animals <100 lbs, no ashes returned) $20
Disposal of large carcasses (>100 lbs) $1/lb

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Bacteriology Section

307 742 6681 Ext. 132 (Bacteriology) or Ext. 131 (Dr. Mills)
Aerobic cultures

$12

Anaerobic cultures

 $15
Mycoplasma cultures (food animal) $15
Antibiotic sensitivities
Large animals $8
Small animals $10

Clark’s Media for Campylobacter (includes culture)

$12
FA examination for clostridia (4 species) $12
Yersinia pestis (plague) assay $6
Tularemia assay $6
Mycology - direct exam for fungi
(cultures are referred)		 $6
Dermatophyte culture $6

Bacteriology PCR

PCR Clostridium perfringens toxins $25
PCR E. coli $25

PCR Johne’s disease (feces)

$35
PCR Mycoplasma $25
PCR Ureaplasma $25
PCR Plague $25
PCR Tularemia $25
PCR Potomac Horse Fever $35
All other nested PCR tests $35
Other bacteriology PCR tests please inquire

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Virology Section

307 742 6681 Ext. 162 (Virology)

Virology PCR

PCR BRSV $30
PCR BVDV (no typing) $30
 
PCR BVD (1 or 2) $56
PCR CDV (canine distemper) inquire

$30

PCR Canine parvovirus

$30

PCR Cervine herpes virus

$30

PCR Chlamydophilia

$30

PCR Equine herpesvirus 1 and 4 (EHV-1 and 4, $50 run together)

$30

PCR Neuropathogenic EHV

$30

PCR Feline calicivirus

$30

PCR Feline panleukopenia (FPV)

$30

Influenza A (avian, canine, equine, porcine)

$30

PCR Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) (OvHV-2)

$30

PCR PI3

$30

PCR porcine circovirus-2 (PCR-2)

$30

PCR West Nile Virus (WNV) (avian/equine)

$30

Other virology PCR tests

please inquire
 
BVD PBS ELISA (capture ELISA)

$4
PBS tube (including shipping; each) $.35
FA examination (each) $8
Virus isolation (includes FA exams on culture) $25
Chlamydia isolation (includes FA exams on culture) $25

Electron Microscopy

Electron microscopy negative contrast scan for viruses, per fecal or tissue

$20

Electron microscopy (out-of-state; feces/tissues submitted)

$50

Electron microscopy negative contrast (out-of-state; grids submitted)

$25

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Parasitology Section

307 742 6681 Ext. 182 (Parasitology) or Ext. 181 (Dr. Yao)
Fecal flotation

$8
Special stain for cryptosporidia $7
Trichomoniasis culture (1-2 sample) $8
     (3+ or more samples from same owner each) $6
Tritrichomonas PCR $30
Tritrichomonas PCR (bulk >10) $25

Special stain for Cryptosporidia

$7
Heartworm (ELISA for antigen) $9
Heartworm (microfilaria exam) $8
Neospora caninum ELISA $8
Giardia (ELISA) $35
Other (I.D. for parasites, occult blood, fecal trypsin, fecal lipase, etc.) $6
MPA water filter analysis $160
EPM (equine protozoal myelitis)
Serum Referred
Cerebrospinal fluid Referred

* Note: referred test, these prices can change without notice

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Clinical Pathology Section

307 742 6681 Ext. 182 (Clinical Pathology) or Ext. 181 (Dr. Swist)

Serum Chemistries

Small animal profile (12 chemistries)

$26

Small Animal Profile 12 chemistries > 6)

$22
Large animal profile (12 chemistries) $26

Large Animal Profile (12 chemistries, >6)

$22
Individual chemistries, first sample, each $7
Individual chemistries, 6+ samples each $3
Electrolytes $6

Calcium/magnesium (aqueous or CSF)

$14
Hematology (CBC + differential) $12

Hematology (CBC + differential, >6)

$10
Urinalysis $6
 

ANA

Referred

Canine Rheumaoid Factor (latex agglutination)

Referred

Canine Coombs

Referred

Endocrinology

Basal T4 $12

Basal T4 (>6)

$10
Basal T4 and T3 combined Referred
Equine pregnancy (MIP/PMSG) $16

Progesterone (pregnancy, most species)

Referred

Other endocrine tests

Referred

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Regulatory Serology

307 742 6681 (Regulatory Serology Laboratory) or Ext. 141 (Dr. Mills)
Anaplasmosis (ELISA)

$7
Bluetongue (ELISA) $7
Bovine Leukosis (ELISA) $7
Brucella abortus No charge (state subsidized)
Brucella canis $10
Brucella ovis $7
Brucella ovis >10 same owner $5
EIA (AGID; Coggins) $7
EIA (AGID >10 same owner) $5
Fax (AGID per page) $1
EIA (ELISA no fax charges) $9
EIA (ELISA >10 same owner, no fax charges) $8
M. paratuberculosis (Johne's, ELISA) $8
Pseudorabies (latex agglutination) $5

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Diagnostic Serology

307 742 6681 Ext. 163 163 (Diagnostic Serology)
BRSV (SN)**
     1-2 sample $6
     3 or more $5
BVD capture ELISA See Virology
BVD (SN) both type I and type II offered
(per type)**		 $5
Canine distemper (SN)
     5 or fewer samples $10
     >5 samples $6
CAE (OPP/CAE)
     5 or fewer samples $6
     >5 samples $5
EHD
     5 or fewer samples $6
     >5 samples $5
EHV-1 (rhinopneumonitis; SN)** $10

EVA (equine viral arteritis)

$12
FIP (ELISA) $18
FIV-FeLeuk combination $25
IBR (SN)**
     1 sample $6
     2 or more samples $5
Leptospirosis (5 species: MAT)** 1-5 samples, each

$10

Leptospirosis (5 species: MAT) > 6 samples

$8

LYME (dogs only, ELISA)

Referred

MCF serology (ELISA)

$5
OPP/CAE (AGID)
     5 or fewer samples $6
     >5 samples $5
PI-3 (SN)*
     1-2 samples $6
     3 or more $5
VSV (Vesicular stomatitus virus SN (for NJ and Ind strains) §

     1 sample $15
VSV (Vesicular stomatitus virus CF (for NJ and Ind strains) §

WNV IgM ELISA (horses)

     In state

$15

     Out-of-state

$20

WNV PRNT (species other than horses)

$40

          **2nd of pair, no charge if submitted together
           § Testing for inter-state movement only - VS suspects' must be tested at NVSL

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Public Health Services

307 742 6681 Ext. 132 (Rabies Laboratory) or Ext. 131 (Dr. Mills)
Rabies

No Charge
Disposal of skunk carcasses $35
Plague/tularemia serologies $6

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Toxicology Section

307 742 6681 Ext. 233 (Toxicology Laboratory) or Ext. 231 (Dr. Raisbeck)
Fees are based on type of analysis, (i.e. qualitative, semi-quantitative, or quantitative) and type of sample most commonly used in toxicologic diagnosis. Prices may vary for other types of analysis or sample matrix. Discounts may be available for larger (i.e. more than 5) numbers of samples – please enquire. We aim at a 5-working day turn around on tests run in-house, samples referred to other labs will take longer. Special (e.g. herbicide) analyses may be available on a one-time basis, call for details.
4-Aminopyridine (bait, stomach contents)

$35
Aflatoxin (kidney; feedstuffs) Referred
Alkaloid screen (urine, stomach contents) $40*
Alkaloid confirmation per hour basis

$150/hr
Anticoagulant screen (liver, kidney, bait) $55
Arsenic (blood, liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element

Please call
Barium (kidney, serum) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Botulism (bioassay) Referred
Cadmium (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Calcium (feedstuffs, bone) $20
Calcium/magnesium (aqueous humor or CSF) See Clinic. Path

Carbamate insecticide screen (bait, stomach contents)

$55

Chloride (serum)

See Clinic. Path
Chlorinated hydrocarbons (brain, liver) Referred
Cholinesterase (brain or blood) $10
Chromium (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Cobalt (blood, liver) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Conium (poison hemlock) alkaloid

$30
Copper (tissue) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Copper (serum) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Cyanide (stomach/rumen contents, liver, muscle) $30
Delphinium alkaloids (rumen contents) $30
Dicoumarol (bait, forage) $45
Drug Screen (call for specifics)

$40
Drug Screen confirmation, per hour basis

$150/hr
Ethylene glycol (urine, stomach contents, kidney, bait) $40
Fluoride (bone) Referred
Forensic toxicology workup, per hour basis $170/hr
Glutathione (GSH) peroxidase
     (GSH) <6 samples $35
     (GSH) >6 or more samples Please call
Herbicides, call for availability

Referred
Ionophore screen (feedstuffs) $40
Iron (liver, kidney, serum) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Larkspur (Delphimium) alkaloids (rumen contents)

$30
Lead (blood, liver, kidney) $22
3-methyl indole (serum, rumen, call regarding interpretation)

$50
Magnesium (blood, liver)

$22
Mercury (blood, liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Molybdenum (blood, liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Mycotoxins screen (feedstuffs) Referred
Na monofluoroacetate (1080; stomach contents, kidney) Referred

Nickel (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element

Please call
Nicotine (Stomach contents, urine) See alkaloid screen

 Please call
Nitrate
     Aqueous humor (semi-quantitative) $8
     Feedstuff (quantitative analysis) Referred
Organophosphate-carbamate insecticide screen $65
Paraquat (urine, kidney, lung) $55
Petroleum hydrocarbons (stomach contents) $55
Phosphorous (feedstuffs) Referred
Plant identification $7
Potassium (included in salt screen) See salt screen
Pyrethroids (limited screen) Referred

Rumen content – toxic plant ID

Referred

Salt screen (Na, K, Ca, Mg)

$22
Slenium (blood, liver)
    <6 samples (each) $22
    >6 samples (each) $15
Sodium (brain, CSF, feedstuffs) See salt screen $22
Sodium fluoracetate ("1080") Referred
Strychnine (stomach contents, urine), in alkaloid screen Please call
Sulfate (water, feedstuffs)
     Semi-quantitative $8
     Quantitative Referred
Thallium (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Tin (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Toxic element screen (liver, kidney, environmental)
As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Ti, V, Zn
     <6 samples (each) $55
     >6 samples (each) $35
Trace element screen (tissue: Cu, CR, Fe, Mn, Mo, Zn)
     <6 samples (each) $40
     >6 samples (each) $25
Trace element screen (serum: Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Zn)
     <6 samples (each) $25
     >6 samples (each) $15
Urea (feedstuffs) Referred
Vanadium (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Vitamin A
     Liver $27
     Serum $22
Vitamin E
     Liver $27
     Serum $22
Vitamin A & E
     Liver $35
     Serum <6 samples (each) $27
     Serum >6 samples (each) $15
Zinc (liver, kidney) See Trace Element Screen, for single element Please call
Zinc phosphide $40
pH determination $7

          *Positive samples will require confirmation. The cost of confirmation cost is not
         included in the price list.

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Recommended Tests for Specific Situations

The best sample to submit for a disease workup is a LIVE AFFECTED ANIMAL with typical clinical signs, or a RECENTLY DEAD ANIMAL.  Our price structure encourages this.  ALWAYS submit an entire carcass if you think litigation will be involved, or when death was sudden/unexpected.

If this is not possible:

EQUINE NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME: 
  • SERUM (WEE, EEE, WNV, EHV-1 + LARGE ANIMAL CHEMISTRY panel, including liver enzymes)
  • CSF (EPM Western blot (must have no blood contamination) + CSF evaluation)
  • EDTA for EHV-1 PCR.

BOVINE NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME:

  • BRAIN/SPINAL CORD – don’t forget rabies.
  • SERUM

BOVINE CHRONIC ILL THRIFT:
  • EAR NOTCH (PBS capture ELISA for BVDV)
  • SERUM (CBC + large animal profile + Johne’s + bovine leukosis)
  • FECES (fecal floatation)

BOVINE ABORTION:

  • TISSUES (placenta + lung/liver/spleen/kidney/heart/thymus/brain/diaphragm muscle)
  • DAM SERUM (Brucella abortus, IBR, Neospora caninum, leptospira)
    •
  • ABOMASAL fluid (direct examination for bacteria)
    •
  • AQUEOUS humor or unfixed eyeball (nitrate concentration)

OVINE/CAPRINE ABORTION:

  • TISSUES (placenta + lung/liver/spleen/kidney/heart/thymus/brain/diaphragm muscle)
  • FETAL FLUID (Toxoplasma serology)
    •
  • DAM SERUM (Q fever).
    •
  • ABOMASAL fluid (direct examination for bacteria)

EQUINE ABORTION:
  • TISSUES (placenta + lung/liver/spleen/heart/thymus/brain)
  • DAM SERUM (EHV-1 serology)
  • CONSIDER SUBMITTING ENTIRE PLACENTA unfixed to examine for placental insufficiency

DIARRHEA (any species):
  • TISSUES (upper, middle and lower small intestine; cecum; upper and lower large intestine; mesenteric lymph node(s)
  • FECES (bacteriology + EM + fecal floatation)

EQUINE DIARRHEA:

  • As above for DIARRHEA any species
  • FECES or large/small bowel for Potomac horse fever PCR (summer months only)

CUTANEOUS MASSES (any species):

  • FORMALIN FIXED MASS.  If you need a preliminary diagnosis to decide on how wide to resect margins, we strongly prefer receiving INCISIONAL or Tru-Cut biopsies, not cytology.  It is easier to obtain good quality formalin-fixed biopsies than cytology preparations, the former are quicker to read, and only the former can be graded.