preg testing

[Banjo]

Is there any other way to preg check a cow beside sleeving? Like blood test, urine test?
Reason I ask is I have loaned one of my bulls to a neighbor that has a first calf heifer that needed to get bred back.
He has been with her about 45 days now.
One of the local vets said he only does the palpitation after 2 or 3 months.

 

[southernultrablack]

BioPryn blood test. You can order the kit from Jeffer's.

 

[True Grit Farms]

https://www.jefferspet.com/products/ear ... JREALw_wcB

 

[slick4591]

BioPryn

All I ever use is a blood tube and needle/syringe.

 

[Redgully]

Ultrasound is the best if someone close to you has one. If you wait until 55 days up to about 100 days they will also tell you the sex of the calf. You can check as early as 28 days but knowing the timing of service would be tricky on natural service.

 

[pricefarm]

BioPryn

All I ever use is a blood tube and needle/syringe.

Have you ever had one that checked pregnant but wasn't ?

 

[slick4591]

BioPryn

All I ever use is a blood tube and needle/syringe.

Have you ever had one that checked pregnant but wasn't ?

No. They have been 100% open or pregnant. I have used two different labs.

 

[Bright Raven]

BioPryn

All I ever use is a blood tube and needle/syringe.

Have you ever had one that checked pregnant but wasn't ?

I had one that checked pregnant via BioPryn. About a month later she came into heat. I assume it was early embryonic death. Not uncommon. Could have been an embryonic defect.

 

[bird dog]

I have had one test open that was bred. She was only about a month or so, so right on their 28 day requirement.

They also sent back me the results on one that was labeled "weak pregnant". I didn't know what that was and the tech said that it is usually from early embryonic death or abortion (the same?) and was most likely open. He was right, she was open when I checked her again a few weeks later.

 

[Bcompton53]

Biopryn through SEK genetics. Pretty cost effective

 

[Redgully]

Should mention we have also used milk to preg test, not as accurate as blood i believe and no good on heifers or dry cows.

 

[Statefan62]

Besides the tubes and needles what's it cost to run the tests?

 

[Bright Raven]

Besides the tubes and needles what's it cost to run the tests?

It comes as a kit with individual needles and vacuum tube. You draw the blood from the caudal vein on the underside of the tail.

For 10 tests the cost is $26 inclusive of materials and testing.

 

[Banjo]

Thanks for all the replies. i'll mention it to my neighbor. most likely they will do the 9 month pregnancy test and if they don't have a calf it will be my bulls fault...lol.
Last year i had another neighbor who has 3 cows and needed a bull so i let him borrow one of mine.....which was fine because I needed a place to put him so he wouldn't breed some heifers I had kept over and now 9 or 10 months later guess what....no calves. I don't remember exactly how long he was with them ....a month maybe two. I heard thru another neighbor that he was complaining of my bull eating all his hay up, so i just brought him home. I suggested the only way to know for sure is to have a vet preg check them. He has someone elses bull in with them now. i think he has old cows that may not breed or just getting poor nutrition.

 

[Randi]

I'd get him tested, before you put him out with your cow, in case there is a problem with him.

 

[Banjo]

I'd get him tested, before you put him out with your cow, in case there is a problem with him.

I sold him after that. All my cows were bred that year by him. The bull the neighbor has now is a different bull.

 

[Statefan62]

Besides the tubes and needles what's it cost to run the tests?

It comes as a kit with individual needles and vacuum tube. You draw the blood from the caudal vein on the underside of the tail.

For 10 tests the cost is $26 inclusive of materials and testing.

Does just confirm pregnancy or will it give you how many days along like ultrasound does?

 

[Bright Raven]

Besides the tubes and needles what's it cost to run the tests?

It comes as a kit with individual needles and vacuum tube. You draw the blood from the caudal vein on the underside of the tail.

For 10 tests the cost is $26 inclusive of materials and testing.

Does just confirm pregnancy or will it give you how many days along like ultrasound does?

It uses proteins to indicate pregnancy. Does not provide additional information.