Twisted
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How many members here do their own AI and Pregnancy Checking of their herds? How accurate are you? Did you start out that way or improve or falter after some experience?
I took classes to do both. Never got good at AI.How many members here do their own AI and Pregnancy Checking of their herds? How accurate are you? Did you start out that way or improve or falter after some experience?
The blood test can actually be done and get the results at your place now. Takes just a few minutes.Draw blood and send it off for preg checking. Only downside is having to wait a couple days for results. So it means another trip thru the corral to sort off the opens.
Vet is 100+ miles away so not economical to pay him to come preg check.
Can you expand on this and tell us what/who exactly you use?The blood test can actually be done and get the results at your place now. Takes just a few minutes.
What is that test called? Is it as cheap as the $3/test 3 day type?The blood test can actually be done and get the results at your place now. Takes just a few minutes.
The blood test can actually be done and get the results at your place now. Takes just a few minutes.
Correct. Perform all the blood draws and then run the individual tests. You don't run the tests chute side.In that 5-30 minute window I will have blood drawn on 20+ animals and they will be off and gone.
how far pregnant were your cows when tested? I'm guessing the farther they are, the more accurate the results. I was checking at 30-60 days. had blood test as open but confirmed bred by vet and tested pregnant and no calf when due.I've blood tested probably 300 cows in the last few year with BIOPRYN. I can say that 100% of the cows the test said were bred, did indeed calve out something on this farm.
The ones they said were open went to the sale shortly there after so I guess it's possible they could have been bred and calved at their new home?