Indicated for the diagnosis of Bird Fanciers Lung or other forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) caused by inhalation of bird antigens.
Blood sample (serum)
Minimum volume 2ml
Gold top clotted (5ml)
(Blood in tubes containing anticoagulants are not suitable for this test.)
For electronic requesting using EPIC (RDUH ONLY):
Please search for: ‘Avian precipitins‘ or test code ’LAB9318‘
Requests must indicate if a specimen is high risk. Please indicate details of the risk e.g. TB, MPox, Viral Haemorrhagic Fever.
For more details please see our guidance on high risk specimens.
Sent to Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
10 days
Results are returned as mg per litre (mg/L) and range from <2.0 to >200. Levels of antibody 10mg/L or above for pigeon serum or 8.0mg/L or above for budgie serum are considered significant and suggest that the aetiology of the patients HP is inhalation of bird antigens.
Specimen Labelling Procedure
9018
