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tb testing

  • 03-11-2010 1:19pm
    #1
    leoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 947 ✭✭✭


    what is correct procedure for testing a woman vet done mine this week and she used the scissors alright to cut away some hair but dont know if that was the exact place she jagged, is she supposed to do it there or wat the story ,wont know till tomorrow how it went so fingers crossed


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  • #2
    Jed_Bartlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Jed_Bartlet


    leoch wrote: »
    what is correct procedure for testing a woman vet done mine this week and she used the scissors alright to cut away some hair but dont know if that was the exact place she jagged, is she supposed to do it there or wat the story ,wont know till tomorrow how it went so fingers crossed

    Yes, the injection site should be in the clipped area - it's a legal requirement that it be done in that area.

    In large animals, the approved injection sides are at the border of the anterior and middle thirds of either side of the neck.

    The two sites should be about 5 inches away from each other (on a parallel line to each other).

    Hope this answered your question. Good luck tomorrow with the reading.


  • #3
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    leoch wrote: »
    what is correct procedure for testing a woman???

    Take her out to dinner.:)


    vet done mine this week and she used the scissors alright to cut away some hair but dont know if that was the exact place she jagged, is she supposed to do it there or wat the story ,wont know till tomorrow how it went so fingers crossed

    Hope this helps clarify the confusion......

    Good luck with the tb test, hope they are all clear.

    Blue

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4
    InchicoreDude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭InchicoreDude


    a few of my cows went down on the test at the beginning of october. Took them 3 weeks to come and collect them. Why the delay? Isnt there the possibility of them spreading the disease to the other cows on the farm in that timeframe? Or can it be caught from cow to cow? Shouldnt they collect them the next day?


  • #5
    leoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 947 ✭✭✭leoch


    thanks for the posts lads got the all clear today thank god


  • #6
    Jed_Bartlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Jed_Bartlet


    InchicoreDude wrote: »
    a few of my cows went down on the test at the beginning of october. Took them 3 weeks to come and collect them. Why the delay? Isnt there the possibility of them spreading the disease to the other cows on the farm in that timeframe? Or can it be caught from cow to cow? Shouldnt they collect them the next day?

    The delay was probably the result of the factories being overloaded for the last few weeks (not unusual this time of year, with Christmas coming up). The dept. have to organise slots in the factories which are set up handle reactor animals (the two that I know of are Roscrea and Charleville) and if they can't then the reactors can't be removed.

    Next day collections aren't possible for practical reasons. The animals have to be valued and the valuation has to be agreed to by the owner and the Dept. A slot needs to be found in a factory equipped to handle reactors. A haulier needs to be arranged who is also equipped to transport reactor animals (it's not as simple as having a lorry) and they're aren't a whole lot of them and they transport other animals when not transporting reactors so availability is an issue. The Dept. also prefer to arrange collection of as many reactors as possible from as many herds as they can (i.e. they prefer to have 18 reactors from 4 herds in 1 day rather than 1 animal from 1 herd). There are some other steps involved here that I'm knowingly leaving out but suffice it to say, next day removal couldn't be maintained IMHO.

    There is a possibility of the disease spreading both amongst the animals in your herd and from other infected sources (i.e. infected water troughs, etc) but if you've properly isolated the reactor animals from the rest of the herd and if you've disinfected all areas that the reactors came into contact with (eg. crush, water trough, cubicles, sheds, etc) then you'll have greatly reduced the possiblility of the disease spreading.

    If you want to ease your mind, you should try getting onto your local DVO to find out if they know yet how the animals killed out in the factory - if they killed out with lesions then there is a greater risk that more reactors will be identified in the herd. If they killed out with 'No Visible Lesions,' then hopefully the disease has been confined to those animals already removed.
    thanks for the posts lads got the all clear today thank god

    Glad to hear it leoch.


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