CTAD is an effective anticoagulant for various analyses in veterinary medicine, showing reliable results for most hematology and biochemical tests.
CTAD demonstrated some limitations regarding platelet aggregation and differences in specific blood parameters compared to EDTA, such as variations in mean corpuscular volume and hemoglobin concentration.
While CTAD plasma yielded comparable results to heparin for numerous biochemical tests, certain parameters like creatine kinase and potassium measurements are not recommended for use with CTAD.