I am planning on taking some blood from my doe tomorrow to run some test. Instead of using a needle w/ a needle holder I am going to draw the blood w/ a syringe because that is what my vet recommended, they said it is easier. I am a little confused about one thing though. I was watching a bleeding video that is on the Bio Tracking website for whitetail deer and it said if you draw the blood with a syringe, that you need to take the needle off the syringe and take the top off the red top tube before putting the blood in the tube or else it will cause lysing of the red blood cells. Is this true? Thanks
Heres the link to the video I am talking about http://www.dabuckchannel.com/video2.php?id=783
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Deborah & Patty that's what I thought but after I watched that video I was rethinking it! Thank You!!
Janel You are welcome, I got it off the bio tracking website. I thought the same thing your husband said, it already goes though the needle to collect the blood. I was thinking it was maybe to do with the vacutainer but I don't think it matters anymore. and Thank you, too.
Margaret You are welcome. I wanted to use the double ended needle at first but after I talked to my vet they said that they have found it to be easier to use the syringe method, I bet it is cheaper too. My syringes costed like 98 cents at coastal. Oh ya it is probably way cleaner too!
Thanks so much for the link! Very nice seeing the deer! I used that double ended needle the first go round but I think I'll just do the syringes next time too! I am guessing it will be cheaper, I hope, but mostly less messy. I got blood everywhere using the other ones!!
Thanks for posting the video! It was very helpful :0) My husband, who's a paramedic, "thirded" what everyone else is saying. It wouldn't matter, because the red blood cells are already going through the needle to collect, so shouldn't make a difference to insert the needle for testing. Everyone does everything so different. Thanks again it was very helpful...
I also learned from a vet tech to just insert the needle into the red top tube, and it sucks the blood in. This vet tech is also a goat breeder, and has sent in MANY samples done this way.
I have no idea if that is true or if it matters with the goat tests. Over the years, my vet and I have always simply inserted the needle into the red top, and it sucks the blood into the vacutainer. We have never had a problem with test results. I've never even heard of anyone removing the red top.