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BVD testing of older cattle

  • 24-01-2012 10:20pm
    #1
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭


    How would a lad go about BVD testing a bull (other than a calf?)

    Can you get the tag yourself if it's not for this year's calves??


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  • #2
    6480
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭6480


    i think u could get your vet to take a blood sample from the bull and send it off, i think it takes a few weeks to come back


  • #3
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    6480 wrote: »
    i think u could get your vet to take a blood sample from the bull and send it off, i think it takes a few weeks to come back

    Are you sure? I have to get him blood tested anyway before sale (same as a cow or heifer). Great if I don't have to mess with getting tags etc.

    Anyone able to confirm? Thanks


  • #4
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Muckit wrote: »

    Anyone able to confirm? Thanks

    True.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

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  • #5
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    greysides wrote: »
    True.

    Thanks Greysides. How long approx does it take to get results back? I want to leave it as near to the sale date as possible so it gives me more options to sell him after if I don't sell him on the day.

    Thanks ;)


  • #6
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Muckit, that would depend on the lab it was sent to. It may even depend on the type of test done (ELISA v. PCR). At one time the State labs needed to get a group of samples together to fill a test kit before samples were tested and so time was variable.
    I'd get your vet to check with one of the private laboratories they use about their turn around times.
    From the Irish Equine Centre I'd guess in the region of a week but I would check nonetheless. I found them obliging.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



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  • #7
    Rennboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Rennboy


    You can get a management tag from another tag supplier like Celtic Diagnostics I saw an ad in today's Farmers Journal


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