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Plain-language guides from our lab: what each test measures, when to test, and how to look after dogs, cats, cows and buffaloes.

Pet Health 4 min read

How to Read a Lab Report Together With Your Vet

Reading a lab report is easier with a checklist: check the name and species, find the flags, look at the units and ranges, read the notes, and then go through it with your vet. Never change a medicine because of a report alone.

18 Oct 2026

Pet Health 4 min read

Online Lab Reports: My Reports and WhatsApp, How It Works

Your animal's lab report reaches you on WhatsApp and email, and it is also kept in My Reports on the website once you sign in. The lab may check who you are before it releases a report, and you can share it with your vet.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Mastitis Testing: CMT, Cell Count, Culture and RT-PCR

Mastitis testing works like a ladder. A cowside CMT shows which udder quarter is inflamed, a cell count measures how much, a culture finds the germ and shows which antibiotics may work, and RT-PCR finds germs that are hard to grow.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Brucellosis in Herds: Testing, Safety and What to Tell the Vet

Brucellosis is a herd disease that causes abortion in cows and buffaloes and can pass to people through birth fluids and raw milk. Blood antibody tests, a milk ring test and RT-PCR help a vet find it, and gloves and washing protect the people handling the animals.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Sample and Notification Guide for Farmers

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious notifiable disease that causes fever, blisters and a fall in milk. A vet takes the samples for RT-PCR and antibody tests, and owners should tell their veterinarian or the animal husbandry department.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Lumpy Skin Disease: Testing for Dairy Farmers

Lumpy skin disease causes fever and firm nodules in the skin of cattle, and it is notifiable. A vet can take a nodule, scab or blood sample for RT-PCR, and antibody tests and a blood count add to the picture.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Antibiotic Residue and Aflatoxin M1 Tests in Milk

An antibiotic residue test looks for traces of medicine in milk, and an aflatoxin M1 test looks for a mould toxin that moulds in feed can pass into milk. Dairies ask for both, along with a bacterial count, to judge milk quality.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Ketosis in Dairy Animals: BHB and NEFA Tests

Ketosis happens when a dairy animal burns too much body fat for energy, most often in the weeks around calving. Blood tests for BHB and NEFA, and a milk ketone test, can help a vet find it, even before the signs are clear.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Milk Fever and Mineral Tests: Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium

Milk fever is a sudden drop in blood calcium around calving that can leave a cow or buffalo unable to stand. A vet should be called at once, and blood tests for calcium, phosphorus and magnesium help confirm it and look for similar problems.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Repeat Breeder Cows and Buffaloes: Lab Tests That Help

A repeat breeder is a cow or buffalo that does not become pregnant after several services. Lab tests for the hormone progesterone, womb infection and herd diseases such as brucellosis can help a vet look for the cause, after a vet's own examination.

18 Oct 2026

Dairy & Livestock 4 min read

Milk Progesterone and PAG Tests for Early Pregnancy Checks

Two lab tests help check pregnancy in cows and buffaloes: a progesterone test on milk or blood, which follows the hormone of the cycle, and a PAG test, which looks for a protein made by the placenta. Each has limits, so a vet reads them with the service record.

18 Oct 2026

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