Snap milk test

edward901

I am thinking of buying a package of the snap milk test devices.Do they give an accurate result of the presence of antibiotics in the milk sample or are they reliable enough to give the farmer the vital information they need.Any advice would be appreciated.

whelan2

Used them for the first time this year. They are very handy, I did 2 tests the first time, one I knew was positive and one which was clear just to sus it out. Bought them off magenta, they have a video on their site to show how to use them

Dakota Dan

whelan2 wrote: »

Used them for the first time this year. They are very handy, I did 2 tests the first time, one I knew was positive and one which was clear just to sus it out. Bought them off magenta, they have a video on their site to show how to use them

Are they costly?

whelan2

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Are they costly?

20 tests cost €86 plus €5 delivery

moneyheer

They are handy alright but don't cover everything. Delvo Test is the only one that covers everything, downside of delvo test is that it takes three hours😕. Glanbia use delvo test if antibiotics found in lorry load

edward901

Delvo test is probably the best only you will have to bring a sample of the milk to the laboratory. Not an option if you want a result on a weekend. Although i am not certain about that.

moneyheer

Have delvo kit including incubator at home. If you bring sample to glanbia they use snap test, same as on lorry.

Keepgrowing

moneyheer wrote: »

Have delvo kit including incubator at home. If you bring sample to glanbia they use snap test, same as on lorry.

They do not use Snap on the trucks. It's Charm Test that's used. Its a 3 minute test. We have one here and highly recommend it. We also have a Delvo and haven't used since changing to Charm

moneyheer

My mistake. Delvo the only test to cover everything. From my understanding the othr rs only cover penicillin. That's what I was told by the milk manager.

kevthegaff

How much is the delvo?

moneyheer

kevthegaff wrote:

How much is the delvo?

Don't know the cost now. Got my one early 00's, think it was couple of hundred euro's at the time. Has paid for itself several times over.

edward901

Keepgrowing wrote: »

They do not use Snap on the trucks. It's Charm Test that's used. Its a 3 minute test. We have one here and highly recommend it. We also have a Delvo and haven't used since changing to Charm

How much is the charm test equipment?

George Sunsnow

edward901 wrote: »

How much is the charm test equipment?

Around €50 with 10 strips I think on magenta
I’ve the delvo

Keepgrowing

edward901 wrote: »

How much is the charm test equipment?

€250 for hardware and a box of strips 40 is €60 Open to correction but that ballpark

Truckermal

Keepgrowing wrote: »

They do not use Snap on the trucks. It's Charm Test that's used. Its a 3 minute test. We have one here and highly recommend it. We also have a Delvo and haven't used since changing to Charm

Yes they do!

George Sunsnow

Keepgrowing wrote: »

€250 for hardware and a box of strips 40 is €60 Open to correction but that ballpark

Yeah it’s that dear alright I’m mixing up my cold snaps with my charming warm spells

whelan2

Had a cow calved 10February. Dried 10 of January. Noroclox tubes. 28 day withdrawal and 4 days after calving. Still showing positive on snap test yesterday. Sent sample with milk lorry yesterday and it just came back negative