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GUIDELINE FOR SUBMITTING SPECIMENS
FOR TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
Suspected
Xenobiotic for
Analysis
 Specimen
Required
 Amount
Required
 Remarks
Ammonia/Urea

 Whole
Blood or
Serum
Urine
Rumen
contents
 5 ml.

5 ml.
100 g.
 Frozen or
may add
1-2 drops
of saturated
mercuric
chloride
Arsenic
 Liver,
Kidney
Whole Blood

Urine
Ingesta
Feed
 100 g.
15 ml.
50 ml.
100 g.
1-2 kg.
  
Chlorinated
Hydrocarbons
 Cerebrum,
Ingesta
Fat
Liver,
Kidney

100 g.
 Use only
glass
containers.
Avoid
aluminium
foil for
wrapping
specimen.
Copper
 Kidney,
Liver Serum
Whole Blood

Feed
Faeces
 100 g.
2-5 ml.
10 ml.
1-2 kg.
100g.
  
Cyanide
 Forage
Whole Blood

Liver
 1-2 kg;
10 ml.
100 g.
 Rush
sample to
laboratory.
Frozen in
airtight
container.
Fluoride
 Bone
Water
Forage
Urine
 20 g.
100 ml.
100 g.
50 ml.
 Ideal
sample will
be the
lesion seen
in teeth and
done.
Herbicides
 Treated
weeds
Urine
Ingesta
Liver,
Kidney
 1-2 kg.
50 ml.
500 g.
100 g.
  
Lead, Mercury
 Kidney
Whole Blood

Liver
Urine
 100g.
10 ml.
100 g.
15 ml.
 Heparinized,
do not use
EDTA
Mycotoxins
 Brain,
Forages,
Liver,
Kidney
 100 g.
 Airtight
container,
plastic bag.
For dry
feeds-cloth
bags.
Nitrate
 Forage
Water
Body fluids
 1-2 kg.
100 ml.
10-20 ml.
  
Organophosp
hates
Organocarbon
ates
 Feed
Ingesta
Liver
Urine
 100g.
100 g.
100 g.
50 ml.
  
Oxalates
 Fresh
forage
Kidney
 100 g.
100 g.
 Fixed in
formalin
Sodium (NaCI)
 Brain
Serum
CSF
Feed
 100 g.
2 ml.
1 ml.
1-2 kg.
  
Zinc
phosphide
 Liver,
Kidney,
Gastric
content
 100 g.
  
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