Please request fresh tubes on our website (Vet Portal > Request Supplies).
If you need to send cells immediately, please use the serum and saline protocol from the CSU Hemapathology Lab:
- Place 1ml of saline (.9%, LRS, Norm R) into a no-additive, white-top or red-top tube (plain tube with no additives or serum separator).
- Add .1 ml of serum from the patient, or another healthy animal of the same species, to the saline in the white-top or red-top tube.
- Aspirate using suction.Gently squirt contents into the tube containing the saline and serum mixture.
- Rinse syringe by drawing up saline and serum mixture and gently squirting it back into the tube. Don’t make bubbles.
- Repeat aspiration and rinsing multiple times until solution is no longer transparent. A turbid solution usually indicates adequate cellularity for flow cytometry testing.