wishful
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How accurate are the pregnatest kits you use with a drop of blood from the horses nose? Has anyone here used them?
Not hard. The lancet is provided.wishful said:Is it hard to get the blood from the nose and where can I find the test?
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Songcatcher said:I have used them several times and found them to be very acurate. I had one with questionable results. It took a long time for the mark to appear and was very faint (I think I didn't get enough blood). However, it did show her pregnant. I still questioned the results and last week I did one of those other tests that you use the serum after 120 or 140 days and it also showed her to be pregnant.
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I would say if anything, that is good news. Although highly accurate, I have read that there is a much greater chance of a false negative than a false positiveMona said:Songcatcher said:I have used them several times and found them to be very acurate. I had one with questionable results. It took a long time for the mark to appear and was very faint (I think I didn't get enough blood). However, it did show her pregnant. I still questioned the results and last week I did one of those other tests that you use the serum after 120 or 140 days and it also showed her to be pregnant.
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This is what happened to my "questionable" mare too, and then when I retested her, I got the exact same results.(one fainst spot and one dark spot) Now I have left them sitting on my desk in the liquid, and I just looked at my negative mare results, and now hers is showing 2 dots too, so not sure what that's all about!
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Yes. The second test I referred to is called FoalProof. It tests from either 120 or 140 days after conception all the way through birth. To do that test you need serum or plasma, not whole blood. However, once you get the blood drawn, the rest of the test is much simpler than the Pregnamare. There was another brand advertised in the MHW an issue or two ago that operated on the same principle, only different brand. I can't remember the name. I will try to look it up.kaykay said:is there a test you can do for a mare at 5 or 6 months?
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LOL!!! I know, and I am...just thought I'd take a look, since you told me you keep yours in the test kit on your desk all winter too, so I did too.littlesteppers said:Well Mona..it's been what? 5 month since you tested?? I would go with the initial results..it says read results after the last step..
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Songcatcher said:Yes. The second test I referred to is called FoalProof. It tests from either 120 or 140 days after conception all the way through birth. To do that test you need serum or plasma, not whole blood. However, once you get the blood drawn, the rest of the test is much simpler than the Pregnamare. There was another brand advertised in the MHW an issue or two ago that operated on the same principle, only different brand. I can't remember the name. I will try to look it up.kaykay said:is there a test you can do for a mare at 5 or 6 months?
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The other brand is called "Confirm" Rapid Serum Based Pregnancy test. The ad is on page 70 of the Oct/Nov issue of MHW.
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The first time I used this, I had two mares tested (along with some other vet work). One mares blood separated very quickly and the other one had to be spun. The one that had to be spun was NOT pregnant (not that that had any thing to do with it). The last time I used this (on one mare) I just let the blood set and it separated on its own. Actually, she is the same mare whose blood separated on its own last year.KsCowgirl said:Songcatcher said:Yes. The second test I referred to is called FoalProof. It tests from either 120 or 140 days after conception all the way through birth. To do that test you need serum or plasma, not whole blood. However, once you get the blood drawn, the rest of the test is much simpler than the Pregnamare. There was another brand advertised in the MHW an issue or two ago that operated on the same principle, only different brand. I can't remember the name. I will try to look it up.kaykay said:is there a test you can do for a mare at 5 or 6 months?
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The other brand is called "Confirm" Rapid Serum Based Pregnancy test. The ad is on page 70 of the Oct/Nov issue of MHW.
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On the FoalProof test, did you have a vet run it? Did you have a spinner to separate the plasma/serum, or did you let it set in a cool place until it separated??
I was reading about it, and would like to try it, but I hate to have to take the blood all the way to our vets to have it spun.
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