IMPORTANT INFORMATION
SUBMITTING SAMPLES FOR EXPORT FLUKE TESTING
TO ENABLE ANIMALS TO ENTER WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• ParaSite Diagnostic Services Laboratory is accredited for testing to confirm the absence of liver fluke eggs in faecal samples.
  This test, called an Egg Sedimentation Test (EST), is required for all livestock moving into Western Australia.

• Collecting samples and co-coordinating testing results needs to be thought through carefully.
• The lab needs a minimum of 10gm of fresh faeces for each sample.
• We recommended you collect at least twice this amount, keeping some aside so you don't need to re-take the samples if they are misplaced.

• Please notify our laboratory the samples are on their way.
• This is best done using email or the “contact us” section of the web site.
• We always recommend you send the samples using Express Post.
• Allow three days processing time in the laboratory.
• If you require results urgently, we will charge an express processing fee up to $25 per sample.

For up to 30 samples requiring the liver fluke sedimentation test:

• These fluke tests need to be booked in, preferably the week prior.
• This is best done using email or the “contact us” section of the web site.
• We always recommend you send the samples using Express Post.
• Allow at least three days processing time from when the lab receives the samples.
• It takes around 15 minutes to process each sample. 30 samples takes significant lab time.
• If you require results urgently, we will charge an express processing fee up to $25 per sample.

For more than 30 samples requiring the liver fluke sedimentation test:

• This sample loading must definitely be pre-arranged with the lab, well in advance.
• Failure to notify the lab could result in your samples not being processed in time to meet your transport commitments to WA.
• Allow at least three days for the first 30 samples and at least one day extra for each further group of 30 samples.
• Testing time may reduce, given enough prior notification.
• The lab can not guarantee an express service for accessions greater than 30 samples, if no prior notice is received. However, if we have lab time, we will perform the EST at express dollar rate.

Submission forms

• There is an export liver fluke form on the web page under Submission Forms.
• Please ensure you provide accurate animal identifications and property code.