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Avian Tests and Fees


The VMDL is unable to offer Mycoplasma and Newcastle Disease Virus HI serology testing until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience.


Alanine aminotransferase Clinical Pathology $11.00
Albumin Clinical Pathology $11.00
Alkaline phosphatase Clinical Pathology $11.00
Aerobic Bacterial Culture, Isolation and Identification (excluding blood samples) Bacteriology $31.00
Anaerobic Bacterial Culture Bacteriology $31.00
Aerobic and Anaerobic Combo up to 3 aerobic susceptibilities for 1 specimen
(Fixed price; must select at submission)
Bacteriology $130.00
Aerobic Bacterial Culture with up to 3 susceptibilities
for 1 specimen (Fixed price; must select at submission)
Bacteriology $125.00
Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture Combo – Livestock or Poultry Bacteriology $40.00
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Bacteriology $34.00
Aspartate aminotransferase Clinical Pathology $11.00
Aspergillus AGID Serology $21.00
Avian Fungal Culture Avian Pathology $31.00
Avian Histopathology only Avian Pathology $88.00
Avian Influenza ACIA (antigen Type A) Avian Pathology $32.00
Avian Influenza H5 strain typing qRT-PCR Molecular Diagnostics $32.00
Avian Influenza H7 strain typing qRT-PCR Molecular Diagnostics $32.00
Avian Influenza Virus AGID Avian Pathology $4.50
Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) PCR – Wild and Pet Birds
(3+) $39.00 each / (10+) $34.00 each
Molecular Diagnostics $40.00
Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) PCR – Poultry Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Avian Fixed Tissue Histopathology Avian Pathology $88.00
Avian Maxi Profile Clinical Pathology $41.00
Avian Mini Profile Clinical Pathology $26.00
Avian Necropsy (Gross only) Avian Pathology $88.00
Avian Necropsy Including Histo, Serology, Virology, and Bact Avian Pathology $200.00
Avian Necropsy Including Histopathology Avian Pathology $110.00
Avian Ornithobacterium Rhinotracheale ELISA Avian Pathology $5.50
Avian Paramyxovirus PCR Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Avian Serology ELISA (Chicken) Avian Pathology $4.50
Avian Serology ELISA (Turkey) Avian Pathology $4.50
Bicarbonate Clinical Pathology $11.00
Bile Post Clinical Pathology $27.00
Bile Pre or Single Clinical Pathology $27.00
Bilirubin, Direct Clinical Pathology $11.00
Bilirubin, total Clinical Pathology $11.00
Biopsy Anatomic Pathology $84.00
Blastomyces and Histoplasma AGID Serology $37.00
Blood Culture Bacteriology $45.00
Blood Parasite Exam Clinical Pathology $23.00
Blood Urea Nitrogen Clinical Pathology $11.00
Bone Marrow Aspirate Clinical Pathology $55.00
Bone Marrow Core Clinical Pathology $84.00
Brachyspira PCR
(3+) $37.00 each / (10+) $35.00 each
Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Analysis Clinical Pathology $50.00
Buffy Coat Clinical Pathology $45.00
Calcium Tox Toxicology $30.00
Calcium Clinical Pathology $11.00
Chloride Clinical Pathology $11.00
Cholesterol Clinical Pathology $11.00
Comprehensive Blood Smear Exam Clinical Pathology $45.00
Copper Toxicology $30.00
Cortisol Clinical Pathology $29.00
Cosmetic Necropsy Anatomic Pathology $225.00
Creatine Kinase Clinical Pathology $11.00
Creatinine Clinical Pathology $11.00
Creatinine (Creat)- Urine Clinical Pathology $14.00
Cryptococcus neoformans Antibody Tube Agglutination Serology $21.00
Cryptococcus neoformans Antigen Latex Agglutination Serology $22.00
Cryptosporidia Exam Clinical Pathology $21.00
CSF Analysis Clinical Pathology $60.00
Cyanide (Prussic Acid) Toxicology $20.00
Cytological Examination Clinical Pathology $45.00
Dexamethasone Suppression Test 2 samples Clinical Pathology $55.00
Dexamethasone Suppression Test 3 samples Clinical Pathology $76.00
Electrolyte and Mineral Profile Clinical Pathology $20.00
Electron Microscopy
Pool of 5 submitted together – $250.00
Virology $70.00
Exotic Newcastle Disease Virus PCR Molecular Diagnostics $30.00
Fluorescent Antibody Screen for Clostridium spp. Bacteriology $45.00
Fecal Flotation Clinical Pathology $18.00
Fibrinogen Heat Precipitation Method Clinical Pathology $12.00
Fungal Culture – Systemic Bacteriology $31.00
Gamma Glutamyltransferase Clinical Pathology $11.00
GC MS Screen Toxicology $153.00
GLDH Clinical Pathology $11.00
Glucose Clinical Pathology $11.00
Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus AGID Avian Pathology $4.50
ICP-OES (Metals and Metalloids in Liver and Kidney) Toxicology $45.00
ICP-OES (Metals in Serum and Plasma) Toxicology $45.00
ICP-OES (Selenium in Serum and Plasma) Toxicology $45.00
Immunohistochemistry Anatomic Pathology $40.00
Influenza Virus H1 Typing PCR Molecular Diagnostics $40.00
Influenza Virus H3 Typing PCR Molecular Diagnostics $40.00
Influenza Virus N1 Typing PCR Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Influenza Virus N2 Typing PCR Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Iron Toxicology $30.00
Joint Aspirate Pleural Fluid Peritoneal Fluid Culture Bacteriology $45.00
Lead in Tissue Toxicology $30.00
Lead in Whole Blood Toxicology $30.00
M. gallisepticum/M. synoviae ELISA
Combo – Chicken or Turkey
Avian Pathology $6.00
Magnesium Tox Toxicology $30.00
Magnesium Clinical Pathology $11.00
Microscopic Examination of Specimen Bacteriology $16.00
Multiple Synovial Cytology Clinical Pathology $67.50
Mycoplasma gallisepticum and
Mycoplasma synoviae PCR
Molecular Diagnostics $47.00
Mycoplasma HI Serology Avian Pathology $4.50
Mycoplasma Rapid Plate Test MG, MS, or MM Serology $4.00
Mycoplasma spp and Sequencing Molecular Diagnostics $65.00
Newcastle Disease Virus HI Serology Avian Pathology $4.50
Nitrate in Ocular Fluid Toxicology $42.00
Occult Blood Clinical Pathology $15.00
Ophthalmology Antimicrobial Susceptibility Panel
– up to 2 organisms
Bacteriology $37.00
Osmolality measured Clinical Pathology $26.00
Peritoneal, Pleural, Pericardial Fluid Analysis Clinical Pathology $55.00
pH of Rumen Contents Toxicology $13.00
Phosphorus, inorganic Clinical Pathology $11.00
Poisonous Plant and Animal Identification Toxicology $27.00
Potassium Clinical Pathology $11.00
Progesterone Clinical Pathology $21.00
Protein, Total Clinical Pathology $11.00
Renal Panel Clinical Pathology $27.00
Salmonella Culture Bacteriology $31.00
Salmonella PCR Molecular Diagnostics $38.00
Salmonella pullorum Tube Agglutination Avian Pathology $4.00
Sample Preparation Bacteriology $25.00
Sodium Clinical Pathology $11.00
Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) PCR
(3+) $37.00 each / (10+) $35.00 each
Molecular Diagnostics $39.00
Synovial Fluid Analysis Clinical Pathology $55.00
Triglyceride Clinical Pathology $11.00
Uric Acid Clinical Pathology $11.00
Vitamin E Toxicology $30.00
West Nile Virus PCR Molecular Diagnostics $45.00
Yeast Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Bacteriology $61.00
Zinc Toxicology $30.00

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Message from the Director

The University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) is a full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratory and Missouri’s only laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. The VMDL is a Level I Lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, Tier I Lab of the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Response Network, and a National Poultry Improvement Plan authorized lab. The VMDL maintains an effective quality assurance and quality control program.

The VMDL has formal anatomical pathology, clinical pathology, and clinical microbiology training programs. The VMDL faculty hold academic appointments in the Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences. The director is administratively responsible to the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine for the overall operation of the laboratory and its multiple missions of public service, teaching, research and continuing education/extension.

The VMDL faculty and staff work diligently to provide relevant, timely and cost-effective diagnostic services to our clients and to create a positive learning environment for our students and residents. In 2024, veterinarians, animal owners and researchers from 103 Missouri counties and cities, as well as from 51 states and provinces outside Missouri, continued to rely on the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (VMDL) diagnostic services. The lab performed approximately 63,500 total cases and conducted nearly 204,500 tests.

About the MU VMDL

The VMDL is a full-service laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). The VMDL provides in-depth laboratory diagnostic support to veterinary practitioners, livestock and poultry industry interests, companion animal interests, wildlife conservationists, scientists utilizing animals in their research throughout the university, state and regulatory officials, and clinicians of the MU Veterinary Health Center.

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