Collect 6-10ml whole blood. Allow to stand until clotted and centrifuge. Decant or aspirate the serum and place in Spectrum Lab's serum collection vial. Simply place the vial along with the completed order and history forms into a Spectrum pre-paid mailer and submit to Spectrum Labs for testing. Results will then be faxed, mailed or telephoned depending on individual requirements. .

Steroids and Testing

Several studies have shown that in normal therapeutic doses, steroids have no immunosuppresive effect. Therefore levels of IgE remain the same whether an animal is on steroids at the time of testing or not. Steroids play a significant role in the prevention of degranulation of mast cells and basophils, hence the need to have a period of withdrawal for tests that rely on this degranulation for their results (such as the skin test). It is therefore not necessary to withdraw an animal from steroid drugs prior to testing as is the case with skin testing.

All results will be available within 24 hours of receipt of sample.

Now you can send your sample in via Fed EX at no extra charge to you. Simply call (800) 553-1391, and we will supply you with no charge Fed EX labels for rapid serum submission.