IDEXX CBC testing

The IDEXX CBC is the appropriate and most cost-effective option for routine preanesthetic or preventive care screenings on clinically healthy animals. Available for canine, feline, and equine patients, this option provides an automated CBC, including hemogram, five-part differential, platelets, platelet indices, as well as (for canine and feline patients) reticulocyte count and reticulocyte hemoglobin. 

The IDEXX CBC-Select is the option recommended for sick patients as well as for geriatric patients. It includes the same components as the IDEXX CBC, as well as a blood film evaluation by a technician to evaluate for abnormal red and white blood cell morphology, blood parasites, unclassified cells, and immature cell lines. A clinical pathologist review is automatically included when results are markedly abnormal or when unclassified cells are seen based on specific established criteria. 

Blood film evaluation performed by a technologist for RBC and WBC morphology and parasite screen. Pathologist review automatically performed when results are abnormal based on specific established guidelines or if unclassified cells are seen.

Note: Add on to an IDEXX CBC previously performed at IDEXX Reference Laboratories or request following a CBC performed on an in-house IDEXX hematology analyzer (ProCyte Dx or LaserCyte Dx). Must be ordered within 72 hours of specimen collection (within 36 hours preferred for evaluation of cell morphology)

Add on to an IDEXX CBC, avian/reptile CBC, or IDEXX CBC-Select performed at IDEXX Reference Laboratories, or request following a CBC performed on an in-house IDEXX hematology analyzer (ProCyte Dx or LaserCyte Dx). For IDEXX CBC-Select requests, a pathologist review is included and will be automatically performed at no additional charge if specific established criteria are met (see protocol information in the Online Test Directory at vetconnectplus.ca).

Test code PCOMM is not required for the automatic reflexed pathologist review on IDEXX CBC-Select requests.