Send samples to LIC

Learn how to collect and send tissue, milk or blood samples to LIC.

Use milk, tissue or blood samples to test your herds health status and receive parentage & genomic evaluations.

Used for:

You usually don’t need to send milk samples.

We get them from your dairy company or via a herd test.

Used for:

You can collect these yourself using a tissue punch kit and Allflex applicator gun.

Steps:

Collecting tissue samples

Test	Tissue sampling unit	Storage conditions
Test DNA parentage & genomic evaluation	Tissue sampling unit Wet TSU	Storage conditions Fridge
Test A2/A2	Tissue sampling unit Wet or Dry TSU	Storage conditions Fridge (Wet) or Freezer (Dry)
Test Standalone BVD (animals younger than 35 days)	Tissue sampling unit Dry TSU	Storage conditions Freezer
Test Standalone BVD (animals older than 35 days)	Tissue sampling unit Wet or Dry TSU	Storage conditions Fridge (Wet) or Freezer (Dry)
Test BVD + DNA parentage(animals younger than 35 days)	Tissue sampling unit Wet and Dry TSU (2x samples required)	Storage conditions Fridge (Wet) or Freezer (Dry)
Test BVD + DNA parentage (animals older than 35 days)	Tissue sampling unit Wet TSU	Storage conditions Fridge

2. Order TSU’s and applicator gun.

3. Collect samples

4. Store samples:

5. Send samples

LIC Diagnostics
140 Riverlea Road, Hillcrest,
Hamilton 3216

Used for:

the BVD virus in calves less than 35 days old
the BVD virus in older animals when you can’t take a tissue sample
Johne's disease in individual animals to confirm you have the disease in your herd before going ahead with whole herd testing using milk samples.

Your vet usually collects these using a purple-top blood tube.

Store chilled if not sending immediately.