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Please add 5% GST to all packages. Click here for sample sizes.

Water Packages

Details1W8W9W10WGreenhouse1
$ 88$ 82$ 65$ 90$ 100
Alkalinity✓
Ammonia Nitrogen✓
Ammonium (NH₄)✓
Bicarbonates✓
Boron✓
Calcium✓✓✓✓
Chloride✓✓✓
Copper✓✓
Electrical Conductivity✓✓✓✓
Iron✓✓✓✓
Magnesium✓✓✓✓
Manganese✓✓
Molybdenum✓
Nitrate-Nitrite Nitrogen✓
Nitrates (Total NO₃)✓✓✓✓
Nitrite✓
pH✓✓✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓
Potassium✓✓
Salt, Soluble Chloride✓
Sodium✓✓✓
Sodium Absorption Ratio✓
Sulfate✓✓
Total Dissolved Solids✓✓✓
Total Hardness (CaCo₃)✓✓✓✓
Zinc✓✓

Microbiology Packages for water & liquids

Drop off times for microbiology packages: Mon-Wed 8 am to 5 pm, Thurs 8 am to 2 pm
Details2W-MF2W-QTEC/TC-QTMICW1MICW3MICW4MICW8
$ 70$ 60$ 50$ 40$ 50$ 50$ 50
E_coli (Escherichia coli)✓✓✓
Fecal Coliforms✓✓
Heterotrophic Plate Count✓
Nitrates (Total NO₃)✓✓
Potability✓✓✓
Total Coliform✓✓✓✓

View water quality guidelines

Forage Packages

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$ 46$ 54$ 59$ 60$ 66$ 72$ 84$ 32$ 70$ 110$ 61$ 44$ 64$ 62
Acid Detergent Fibre✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ADI-CP✓✓✓✓
ADIN✓✓✓✓
Adjusted Crude Protein✓✓✓✓
Ash✓✓
Available Crude Protein✓✓✓✓
Calcium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Copper✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Digestible Energy✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Digestible Energy for Horses✓
Digestible Protein✓✓✓✓
Esc (Simple Sugars)✓
Fat-EE✓✓
Insoluble Protein✓
Iron✓
Lignin✓
Magnesium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Manganese✓
Metabolizable Energy for Cattle✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Molybdenum✓
NDI-CP✓✓
NDIN✓✓
Net Energy for Gain✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Net Energy for Lactation✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Net Energy for Maintenance✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Neutral Detergent Fibre✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Nitrates (Total NO₃)✓✓✓
Non Fibre Carbohydrates✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Non Structural Carbohydrate✓
pH✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Potassium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Relative Feed Value✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Sodium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Soluble Protein✓
Starch enzymatic by UV✓
Total Digestible Nutrients✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Wsc (Water Soluble Carbs As Simple Sugar)✓
Zinc✓

Forage Packages By NIR (Near Infrared Spectroscopy)

Minerals are done by wet chemistry.
NIR available for the following forages: Grass Hay, Alfalfa Hay, Alfalfa/Grass Mix Hay, Alfalfa Silage, Alfalfa/Grass Mix, Silage, Barley Silage, Corn Silage and Cereal Silage.
Details1FFNIR2FFNIR3FFNIR
$ 34$ 40$ 29
Acid Detergent Fibre✓✓✓
ADI-CP✓✓✓
ADIN✓✓✓
Adjusted Crude Protein✓
Ash✓
Available Crude Protein✓✓✓
Calcium✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓
Digestible Energy✓✓✓
Digestible Protein✓
Fat✓
Insoluble Protein✓✓
Ivtdmd (Invitro True Digestibility 48Hr)✓
Lignin✓✓✓
Magnesium✓✓
Metabolizable Energy for Cattle✓✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓
NDFD (Neutral Detergent Fibre Digestibility 48Hr)✓
NDI-CP✓✓✓
NDIN✓✓✓
Net Energy for Gain✓✓✓
Net Energy for Lactation✓✓✓
Net Energy for Maintenance✓✓✓
Neutral Detergent Fibre✓✓✓
Non Fibre Carbohydrates✓✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓
Potassium✓✓
Relative Feed Value✓✓✓
Relative Forage Quality✓
Sodium✓✓
Soluble Protein✓✓
Total Digestible Nutrients✓✓✓

Forage Package Add-Ons

Available with the purchase of a forage package.
FFSPInsoluble Protein$ 27
FFSTStarch (Enzymatic)$ 37
FFMPCopper, Iron, Manganese and Zinc$ 15
3RSSelenium$ 60
NitrateNitrate (N03) on forage$ 14

Grain & Feed Packages

Crude Protein (factor: n=6.25)
Milling Protein (factor: n=5.7)
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$ 24$ 48$ 54$ 56$ 54$ 36$ 47$ 47$ 48
Average Particle Size✓
Calcium✓✓✓✓✓
Copper✓✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓✓✓
Iron✓✓✓
Magnesium✓✓✓✓
Manganese✓✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓✓✓✓
Potassium✓✓✓✓
Sodium✓✓✓✓✓
Vomitoxin✓
Zinc✓✓✓
Details1FM1FN1FNP4F4fM4RA4RN4RC5F5FM15F1MEH2MEH
$ 24$ 27$ 46$ 51$ 51$ 43$ 43$ 47$ 75$ 75$ 110contact CTLcontact CTL
Acid Detergent Fibre✓✓
Aluminum✓✓
Arsenic✓✓
Bushel Weight✓✓✓✓
Cadmium✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Ergot (grains only)✓✓
Falling Number✓✓✓
Germination✓
Lead✓✓
Mercury✓
Milling Protein✓✓✓✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Mold Count✓✓
Neutral Detergent Fibre✓✓
Vomitoxin✓

Grain & Feed Energy Packages

For Grains, Rations And Supplements. Packages 5R, 6R, 7R & 8R are for grains only.
Details1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R
$ 52$ 57$ 60$ 56$ 51$ 54$ 56$ 60
Acid Detergent Fibre✓✓✓✓
Ash✓✓✓✓
Calcium✓✓✓✓✓
Copper✓
Crude Fibre✓✓✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Digestible Energy for Cattle/Sheep✓✓✓
Digestible Energy for Swine✓✓✓
Fat-EE✓✓✓✓
Gross Energy for Swine✓✓✓
Iron✓
Magnesium✓✓✓✓
Manganese✓
Metabolizable Energy for Poultry✓✓✓
Metabolizable Energy for Swine✓✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Net Energy for Lactation✓✓✓✓
Neutral Detergent Fibre✓✓
Non Fibre Carbohydrates✓✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓✓✓✓
Potassium✓✓✓✓
Sodium✓✓✓✓
Total Digestible Nutrients✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Zinc✓

Amino Acid Packages

Details1AAP2AAP3AAP4AAP5AAP
14 Day TAT *$ 165$ 165$ 165$ 220$ 275
30 Day TAT *$ 110$ 110$ 110$ 165$ 220
Alanine✓✓✓
Arginine✓✓✓
Aspartic Acid✓✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓✓✓✓
Cystine✓✓✓
Cystine + Methionine✓✓✓
Glutamic Acid✓✓✓
Glycine✓✓✓
Histidine✓✓✓
Isoleucine✓✓✓
Leucine✓✓✓
Lysine✓✓✓
Methionine✓✓✓
Phenylanine✓✓✓
Proline✓✓✓
Serine✓✓✓
Taurine✓✓✓
Threonine✓✓✓
Total Amino Acids Reported✓✓✓✓
Trypthophan✓✓
Tyrosine✓✓✓
Valine✓✓✓
* TAT = turn around time.

Microbiology Testing

Additional sample preparation fee applies.

Individual Microbiology tests.

MIC1Standard Plate Count$ 29
MIC3Total Coliform$ 32
MIC4E.coli (Escherichia coli)$ 30
MIC5Salmonella$ 45
MIC6Staphylococcus Aureus$ 47
MIC7Listeria$ 42
MICRO 1E.Coli 0157:H7$ 45
Enterobacteriaceae$ 30
DetailsMIC2MIC10MIC13MIC14MICRO 2
$ 50$ 170$ 150$ 167$ 105
E_coli (Escherichia coli)✓✓✓✓
Listeria✓✓✓
Mold Count✓✓✓✓✓
Salmonella✓✓✓✓
Standard Plate Count✓✓✓
Staphylococcus Aureus✓
Total Coliform✓✓✓
Yeast✓✓✓✓

Mold & Yeast Packages

If possible, please indicate expected levels. Samples with high concentrations may be subject to additional charges.
Details1M2M3MYEAST
$ 38$ 40$ 57$ 37
Mold Count✓✓✓
Mold Identification✓✓
Mold Ratio✓
Yeast✓

Toxin Packages

If possible, please indicate expected levels. Samples with high concentrations may be subject to additional charges.
Toxin testing available on Rations, Supplements, and Cereal Grains.
Details4M5M6M7M8M9M10M11M12M13M14M15M
$ 62$ 32$ 48$ 48$ 48$ 56$ 48$ 120$ 190$ 46$ 112$ 180
Aflatoxin✓✓✓
Fumonisin✓✓✓✓✓
Mold Count✓
Ochratoxin A✓✓✓
T-2 Toxin✓✓✓
T-2/HT-2 Toxin✓✓✓
Vomitoxin✓✓✓✓✓✓
Zearalenone✓✓✓✓✓

Mixer Efficiency Packages

Price based on 10 samples (required minimum). Package includes calculation of mean (average), standard deviation, and co-efficient of variation on the 10 samples.
Minerals Available: Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Zinc
1MEFComplete Feeds - Select one Mineral$ 190
2MEFComplete Feeds - Select two or more Minerals$ 220
1MEMMineral Supplements - Select one Mineral$ 220
2MEMMineral Supplements - Select two or more Minerals$ 240
1METTMR (Moisture > 15% ) - Select one Mineral$ 270
2METTMR (Moisture > 15% ) - Select two or more Minerals$ 300

Pet Food Packages

Additional moisture charge applicable for wet or raw samples.
DetailsPet Food ProximatesPet Food Package
$ 68$ 85
Ash✓✓
Calcium✓
Cobalt✓
Copper✓
Crude Fibre✓✓
Crude Protein✓✓
Fat Hydro✓✓
Gross Energy For Cats✓✓
Gross Energy For Dogs✓✓
Iron✓
Magnesium✓
Manganese✓
Metabolizable Energy for Cats✓✓
Metabolizable Energy for Dogs✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓
Non Fibre Carbohydrates✓
Phosphorus✓
Potassium✓
Salt, Soluble Chloride✓
Sodium✓
Sulphur✓
Total Digestible Nutrients✓✓
Zinc✓

Medication Residue Testing

A1Sulfamethazine$ 250
ChlorTetracycline$ 250
Oxytetracycline$ 250

Fats & Oils Packages

Details1FO2FO3FO5FO
$ 67$ 64$ 45$ 52
Free Fatty Acid (Oleic Acid)✓
Insoluble Impurities✓
Iodine #✓
MIU✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓
Peroxide Value✓
Rancidity✓
Total Fatty Acid (Calculated)✓
Unsaponifiables✓

Manure Packages (Composted Or Liquid)

Details1CO2CO3CO4CO4CO Dark5CO
$ 46$ 67$ 72$ 110$ 110$ 57
Ammonium (NH₄)✓✓✓✓
Ash✓✓✓
Boron✓✓
Calcium✓✓
Copper✓✓
Electrical Conductivity✓✓
Iron✓✓
Magnesium✓✓
Manganese✓✓
Moisture & Dry Matter✓✓✓✓✓✓
Molybdenum✓✓
Nitrate-Nitrite Nitrogen✓
Nitrates (Total NO₃)✓
Nitrite✓
pH✓✓
Phosphorus✓✓✓
Phosphorus Pentoxide (P₂O₅)✓✓✓
Potassium✓✓✓
Potassium Oxide (K₂O)✓✓✓
Sodium✓✓
Sulphur✓✓✓
Total Nitrogen✓✓✓✓✓✓
Zinc✓✓

Fertilizer Packages

DetailsNPKFERTILIZER
$ 60$ 70
Phosphorus✓✓
Phosphorus Pentoxide (P₂O₅)✓✓
Potassium✓✓
Potassium Oxide (K₂O)✓✓
Sulphur✓
Total Nitrogen✓✓

Other Package Options

1CuMoisture and Copper$ 35
1CdMoisture and Cadmium$ 46
1CaMoisture and Calcium$ 35
1MgMoisture and Magnesium$ 35
1MnMoisture and Manganese$ 35
1NaMoisture and Sodium$ 35
1PbMoisture and Lead$ 46
1ZnMoisture and Zinc$ 35
ERGOT PkgErgot (grains only)$ 30
Ergot (Total Ergopeptine Alkaloid)Ergot (not grain)$ 200
1FAPFatty Acid Profile$ 320

Individual Test Options

Additional fees may apply if not added to a package. Contact us to find out more.
TestDetails
Acid Insoluble Ash$ 20
ADFAcid Detergent Fibre$ 17
Ash$ 14
BUSHEL WEIGHT$ 14
CHLORIDE$ 32
CRUDE FIBRE$ 17
Digestible Protein (Pepsin)Digestible Protein (Pepsin) (% of crude)$ 37
Fat-EEFat by ether extract$ 18
FAT-HYDROFat by hydrolysis$ 37
Germination$ 27
Gluten Allergen$ 122
MINERAL by ICP-MSIndividual mineral$ 60
MINERAL by ICP-OESIndividual mineral$ 30
NDFNeutral Detergent Fibre$ 17
NITRATENitrates (Total NO₃)$ 14
Pesticide Residue Screen Test$ 100
pH$ 14
SALTSalt, Soluble Chloride$ 32
Starch (Enzymatic)Starch enzymatic by UV$ 37
Sulphur$ 35
Urease Activity by pH DifferenceQuality Indicator$ 47
Water Activity$ 46
Additional testing is available on request.
Contact Central Testing Laboratory Ltd. for availability and pricing
Prices subject to change without notice.
Rush testing and rechecks may be subject to additional charges.
Please add 5% GST to all prices. A minimum charge of $25 per invoice applies.


Effective July 15, 2021