High quality services.
Supporting veterinary professionals, as well as environmental, and food industries within the Limpopo Province and beyond.
Food Microbiology
| Analysis |
| Total Heterotrophic count |
| Total Coliform count |
| E. coli count |
| Enterobacteriaceae count |
| Yeast & Mould count |
| Listeria spp count |
| Listeria spp det |
| L. monocytogenes det |
| L. monocytogenes count |
| Salmonella spp det |
| S. aureus count |
| E. coli 0157 det |
| C. perfringens count |
| C. perfringens det |
| Clostridium spore count |
| Lactobacillus spp count |
| Pseudomonas spp count |
| Bacillus cereus count |
| Campylobacter spp det |
| Thermo-acidophilic bacteria |
| Microbiological identification |
| Heat resistant organisms |
| Heat resistant yeast & mould count |
| Anaerobic count |
Water Microbiology
| Total Heterotrophic Count |
| Total Coliform Count (MPN) |
| Faecal Coliform Count (MPN) |
| E. coli count (MPN) |
| Legionella |
| Salmonella |
| V. cholera |
| Coliphage count |
| Colilert Method |
| Total Coliform Count |
| E. coli Count |
Water Chemistry
| Physical | Metals | Inorganic | Organic |
| pH at 25°C | Silver as Ag | Chloride | COD |
| EC at 25°C | Aluminum as Al | Fluoride | Phenols |
| Total Dissolved Solids | Arsenic as AS | Ammonium as NH4 | SOG |
| Suspended solids | Boron as B | Ammonia as NH3 | TPH |
| Turbidity | Barium as Ba | Nitrate as NO3 | Total Organic Carbon |
| Taste | Beryllium as Be | Nitrite as NO2 | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| Colour | Bismuth as Bi | Total Nitrogen | Total Microcystin |
| Odour | Calcium as Ca | Orthophosphate as PO4 | |
| DO | Cadmium as Cd | Total phosphate as PO4 | |
| Total Alkalinity | Cobalt as Co | Sulphate as SO4 | |
| Total Hardness | Chromium as Cr(Vl) | Sulfur | |
| Sum Cat/Anion | Copper as Cu | Silicon as Si | |
| SAR | Iron as Fe | Free Cyanide | |
| LSI | Gallium as Ga | Total Cyanide | |
| RSI | Indium as In | Free Chlorine | |
| PSI | Lithium as Li | Total Chlorine | |
| Magnesium as Mg | Monochloramine | ||
| Manganese as Mn | Bromide | ||
| Mercury as Hg | |||
| Molybdenum as Mo | |||
| Nickel as Ni | |||
| Lead as Pb | |||
| Potassium as K | |||
| Sodium as Na | |||
| Antimony as Sb | |||
| Selenium as Se | |||
| Tin as Sn | |||
| Strontium as Sr | |||
| Thallium as Tl | |||
| Titanium as Ti | |||
| Uranium as U | |||
| Vanadium as V | |||
| Zinc as Zn |
Veterinary Analysis
Veterinary samples will only be accepted by a registered veterinary practitioner.
| Veterinary analysis |
| Aerobic culture & ID |
| Anaerobic culture ID |
| Fungal culture ID |
| Antibiogram efficacy |
| Trich foetus det |
| Camp fetus det |
| Rosebengal Test |
| CFT |
| Foetus examination |
| Nematode egg count |
| Eimeria oocysts |
| Smear examination |
| Post Mortem |
Sub-Contracted Analysis
Although we strive to be a one stop service provider, unfortunately, all analysis cannot be performed by CVL due to various reasons. We, therefore, subcontract tests that cannot be done by ourselves to approved sub-contractors. Sub-contractors are approved by our policy.
| Subcontracted |
| THM |
| BTEX |
| TPH |
| BOD |
| TOX |
| Brix MRL |
PCR Analysis
Molecular biology.
| PCR |
| Giardia |
| Cryptosporidium |
| Theileria parva parva |
| TAB |
| Trich foetus det |
|
Camp fetus det Salmonella E. coli 0157 L. monocytogenes |
Turnaround Time
Please contact the laboratory for each individual test’s turnaround time.
Emergency & Urgent Samples
CVL will accept Emergency or Urgent samples at an additional fee:
Emergency – R1000
Turnaround time – 5 working days
Urgent – R500
Turnaround time – 9 working days
Sample Submission
Complete the online SAMPLE ANALYSIS REQUEST FORM.
Please refer to our SANAS accreditation certificate and scope of analysis for all accredited analyses.