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FEC test samples

  • 17-06-2013 12:37pm
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    Conmaicne Mara
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    Have three lambs out of 24 getting a little dirty, all twins on creep about 10 days. Rang a lab this morning and they just wanted samples from two individual lambs to test.

    Went to the local vet and said they could do that but offered the option for me to take samples from multiple lambs and give them that sample to send off.

    What is the best course of action in that situation?

    I'm not sure that samples from two lambs would give me best results of what's going on?


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  • #2
    rancher
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Have three lambs out of 24 getting a little dirty, all twins on creep about 10 days. Rang a lab this morning and they just wanted samples from two individual lambs to test.

    Went to the local vet and said they could do that but offered the option for me to take samples from multiple lambs and give them that sample to send off.

    What is the best course of action in that situation?

    I'm not sure that samples from two lambs would give me best results of what's going on?

    We usually take a bulk sample from about 10% of the group up to about 20.
    It's important that the same amount is used from every lamb....about a teaspoonful and no grass'
    Has to be fresh and put in airtight container, Ziploc bags are ideal but mightn't be great in the post.
    Because we do it ourselves, we'd sometimes take a couple of dirty ones on their own just for interest but the bulk sample would reflect the group better.
    Incidentally this is not the method that that's required for Stap


  • #3
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    rancher wrote: »
    We usually take a bulk sample from about 10% of the group up to about 20.
    It's important that the same amount is used from every lamb....about a teaspoonful and no grass'
    Has to be fresh and put in airtight container, Ziploc bags are ideal but mightn't be great in the post.
    Because we do it ourselves, we'd sometimes take a couple of dirty ones on their own just for interest but the bulk sample would reflect the group better.
    Incidentally this is not the method that that's required for Stap

    I'll have to check when I dosed them with Chanaverm but I don't think it's been six weeks so I wouldn't qualify to do my STAP test yet. The guy in the lab was very, very, very insistent that ziploc bags not be sent in the post, some had "leaked" in the past and An Post were less than happy about it :D

    I'd feel more confident with a group sample. As the girl in the vets said, if you only sample one or two lambs you might miss something else going on.

    On doing the test yourself, is that handy enough to do, be interesting to be able to do them myself.


  • #4
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    I'll have to check when I dosed them with Chanaverm but I don't think it's been six weeks so I wouldn't qualify to do my STAP test yet. The guy in the lab was very, very, very insistent that ziploc bags not be sent in the post, some had "leaked" in the past and An Post were less than happy about it :D

    I'd feel more confident with a group sample. As the girl in the vets said, if you only sample one or two lambs you might miss something else going on.

    On doing the test yourself, is that handy enough to do, be interesting to be able to do them myself.
    These are good instructions on how to do it, but it does take a bit of practise to get your eye in on the microscope and to identify what you're looking at
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74128331#post74128331


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