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IDEXX VetLab®notes
Get the most value out of your IDEXX VetLab® system
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Introducing a
new chemistry testing innovation—the IDEXX VetTest®
Equine Health Profile
 Last year, IDEXX
introduced new packaging for your IDEXX VetTest by creating 12-slide
boxes of our individual chemistries. This new package option has
helped your practice and many others to make the most of VetTest's
flexibility by customizing chemistry profiles to fit the unique needs
of patients. Customer response to this new package has been fantastic
because it supports your efforts to provide patient-focused care.
Now, we're ready to provide even more testing value with the
introduction of our newest profile, the Equine Health Profile (EHP).
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This convenient VetTest panel contains the 12 essential chemistries
equine veterinarians need for screening and identifying equine health
concerns—all in one package for fast, easy testing:
- Albumin (ALB)
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALKP)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT)
- Calcium (Ca2+)
- Creatine kinase (CK)
- Creatine (CREA)
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- Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT)
- Glucose (GLU)
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
- Total bilirubin (TBIL)
- Total protein (TP)
- Urea nitrogen (BUN/UREA)
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This new panel provides results
quickly, with the usual six-minute run time.
 If you choose to
run plasma (which does not require clotting), you can have results in
approximately eight minutes.
The introduction of the Equine Health Profile underscores IDEXX's
dedication to providing efficient new solutions for equine
practitioners.
In addition to
using this convenient new Equine Health Profile for general
health-screening, you can use individual IDEXX VetTest slides to
create customized panels for specific equine cases, including
geriatric, presurgical and hepatic patients, as well as racehorses.
The chart below suggests some equine panels.
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Attention SNAP®
Reader users.
In-house T4 testing is now available for dogs,
cats and horses!
Important news:
We recently validated equine samples on the IDEXX SNAP®
Reader, which means you can run SNAP® T4
tests on your equine patients using your SNAP Reader.
Please note:
Your IDEXX VetTest software has not yet been updated to allow
selection of T4 as an option when equine is chosen as a
species. This will be a feature of an upcoming software release. In
the meantime, here's how you can run equine samples:
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Select FELINE for your species and run your equine sample.
Select LOW RANGE when screening your equine patients. |
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Remember to mark on your printout that this is an equine
sample. |
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For interpreting results, use the IDEXX Reference
Laboratories' equine reference range: 0.9–2.8 µg/dL. |
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Meet an IDEXX Pathologist
 IDEXX employs more than
50 board-certified specialists to provide your practice with
responsive, dedicated expertise and guidance.
Denise Wunn, DVM, MS, DACVP, is an IDEXX Reference Laboratories
clinical pathologist in our North Grafton laboratory. Her specialties
include equine clinical pathology, hemolytic diseases and cytology. A
graduate of Iowa State University and Washington State University, she
joined IDEXX in 2000, and completed her board certification in 2002.
Dr. Wunn enjoys her work with IDEXX customers because, "What's unique
and good about IDEXX is that we support both in-house and outside
tests on a case. A practitioner will attach the VetTest results to a
cytology or hematology request in the reference lab, and I can compare
it to what I'm seeing in the lab to help make a complete diagnostic
picture for the customer." One of Dr. Wunn's personal interests is
thoroughbred horseracing, and she has a 14-year-old cat named Topper.
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IDEXX solutions for Equine
Practitioners
Here is a comprehensive list of IDEXX
innovations that support equine diagnostics, treatment and health
management.
IDEXX's VetLab®
In-Hospital Analyzers—A complete equine
health picture on one report
 IDEXX VetTest®
Chemistry Analyzer—Equine Health Profile offers 12
essential chemistries in one panel for fast, accuarate testing
"With the IDEXX
VetTest we can offer clients results and get answers more quickly
for the veterinarian. It is invaluable when sick foals come in. We
can get... a plan of action more quickly, which is always better for
our patients. The clients like it because their animals are
immediately taken care of."
 IDEXX
LaserCyte® Hematology System—A
truly comprehensive CBC in minutes with complete indices, including
red blood cell count, platelets and a five-part differential using
state-of-the-art laser-flow cytometry
 IDEXX
VetLyte® Electrolyte Analyzer—Accurate
values (sodium, potassium and chloride levels) in less than one
minute using whole blood, serum or plasma
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 IDEXX SNAP®
Reader—Fast T4 testing for equine patients
(see Make a Note). For details, contact IDEXX
Customer Support at 1-800-248-2483
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Digital Radiography—Our portable digital radiography
system lets you view images within minutes in the field so you can
drive cases to closure faster
IDEXX's Pharmaceuticals
 SURPASS®
(1% diclofenac sodium)—FDA-approved topical
anti-inflammatory cream
 Navigator®
(32% nitazoxanide)—FDA-approved antiprotozoal oral
paste treatment for EPM
SNAP®
Foal IgG Test—Fast, accurate results in under 10
minutes, so you can detect low levels of IgG and begin life-saving
treatment immediately
IDEXX Reference Laboratories/Equine Biodiagnostics—Two
new S. equi tests help you quickly detect and confirm
infection, and finally quantify antibody levels. Other equine
screening tests available include EPM, strangles, West Nile virus,
and Coggins/EIA
IDEXX Telemedicine—Board-certified
specialists (cardiologists, radiologists and internists) provide
timely consutations on your ECG, x-ray and ultrasound images
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also
new from IDEXX
Two
new infectious disease tests
Now you can make the SNAP®
Giardia test a part of your comprehensive fecal exam:
Float. Smear. SNAP.
Your comprehensive fecal testing protocol can now include an accurate
in-house Giardia screen.
 SNAP
Giardia Test for dogs and cats
This new test provides veterinarians with an accurate diagnosis in
just eight minutes. Now, clinics have an easy, accurate and
cost-effective way to screen for Giardia alongside current
fecal floats/smears used for general intestinal parasite screening.
- It's the
only USDA-approved in-house ELISA available for the detection of Giardia-soluble
antigens in canine and feline feces
- 96%
sensitivity and 99% specificity as compared to reference laboratory
results—unlike the low reliability of current in-clinic
microscopy (50% sensitivity/75% specificity compared to reference
laboratory)
- Less than
one-minute hands-on time
- 15 tests
per kit
To learn more, call us at 1-800-248-2483.
Now you can take a two-tiered
appproach to managing dogs infected with Lyme disease.
Lyme Quantitative c6 Antibody Test
For the first time, you can quantify and monitor antibody levels for a
more informed treatment plan.
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Use the SNAP® 3Dx® screen to
identify Lyme-positive dogs. |
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Use the Lyme Quantitative C6 Antibody Test to measure
baseline C6 antibody levels to help determine treatment
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 Over
time, the Lyme Quantitative C6 Antibody Test allows you to
measure changes in C6 antibody levels. Studies have shown
that drops in C6 antibody levels correlate with effective
treatment.
This new test is available exclusively at IDEXX Reference
Laboratories. Call us at 1-800-444-4210 for details.
 Find
out how to upgrade your in-house laboratory with the IDEXX VetLab®
Call IDEXX at 1-800-355-2896
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To Reach IDEXX Customer Support*
| Toll-free: 1-800-248-2483 |
Fax: 1-207-248-3010 |
| Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.;
9:00 p.m.–midnight** |
| Saturday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.;
5:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.** |
| Sunday 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.** |
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