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On the farm diy blood preg test kits ?
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1725584" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.idexx.com/en/livestock/livestock-tests/ruminant-tests/idexx-rapid-visual-pregnancy-test/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>IDEXX has a rapid chute-side test. Idexx is a lab that vets use and they make all kinds of testing kits and machines for all kinds of animals. It is the test that is in the Cattlestats link that is posted above. You can purchase the test kit and pull blood and run the test yourself. Details on the Idexx site. When I looked at it, it seemed to be a little complicated to run the test with multiple steps and vials of liquids. Procedure is shown on their website. Advantage is same day on the farm test and results, but not so quick as a snap-test. Not quick enough to use to sort bred and open at the chute. A little more cost for that "rapid" test best I remember. I did not use it.</p><p></p><p>I use the Biopryn method. Draw tail blood in a tube you can order from multiple places or get from your vet. Label the tubes, fill out a form, ship to lab. They have many labs over the country. Our local cow college even processes them and you can drop them off in person there. Low cost ($2 to $3 range) and results in a few days. And pretty accurate. Just understand that they are chemical tests which mean that the chemicals associated with pregnancy are present in the blood. Which means they are pregnant - or recently were.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1725584, member: 40418"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.idexx.com/en/livestock/livestock-tests/ruminant-tests/idexx-rapid-visual-pregnancy-test/[/URL] IDEXX has a rapid chute-side test. Idexx is a lab that vets use and they make all kinds of testing kits and machines for all kinds of animals. It is the test that is in the Cattlestats link that is posted above. You can purchase the test kit and pull blood and run the test yourself. Details on the Idexx site. When I looked at it, it seemed to be a little complicated to run the test with multiple steps and vials of liquids. Procedure is shown on their website. Advantage is same day on the farm test and results, but not so quick as a snap-test. Not quick enough to use to sort bred and open at the chute. A little more cost for that "rapid" test best I remember. I did not use it. I use the Biopryn method. Draw tail blood in a tube you can order from multiple places or get from your vet. Label the tubes, fill out a form, ship to lab. They have many labs over the country. Our local cow college even processes them and you can drop them off in person there. Low cost ($2 to $3 range) and results in a few days. And pretty accurate. Just understand that they are chemical tests which mean that the chemicals associated with pregnancy are present in the blood. Which means they are pregnant - or recently were. [/QUOTE]
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