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Could someone talk to me about testing for CAE/CL/etc?

Posted by Rachel Griebenow on November 16, 2013 at 10:32pm in Health

So, from my research, I have learned *about* CAE, CL, and Johnes (sp?), but I haven't been able to find out what the actual procedure is for testing for these diseases. Could someone tell me? Does it involve a vet middleman, like Coggins testing with horses? Is it really complicated? How often should you retest? Are there any other major diseases that should be tested for?

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  • Rachel Griebenow November 20, 2013 at 9:56am

    Awesome! Thanks!!

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle November 19, 2013 at 10:55pm

    Info on drawing blood and shipping it:

    http://www.biotracking.com/?q=goats/biopryn/use

    Tests available from BioTracking:

    http://www.biotracking.com/?q=lab

    Submission forms for CAE and pregnancy tests:

    http://www.biotracking.com/resources/subforms

    You don't have to order supplies from them, but you can:

    http://www.biotracking.com/?q=store/biopryngoat

  • Rachel Griebenow November 18, 2013 at 10:20pm

    I know, right? Me too! I try to figure it out, and then I go "...heeeeeeeeeeeeelp..." LOL

    Someday! We will conquer!

    Rachel Whetzel said:

    I need to know more about this too. What exactly are we sending in? Is there a kit that needs to be ordered, and then samples collected? I get totally overwhelmed when looking at these sites.

  • Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres November 18, 2013 at 8:27pm

    I need to know more about this too. What exactly are we sending in? Is there a kit that needs to be ordered, and then samples collected? I get totally overwhelmed when looking at these sites.

  • Rachel Griebenow November 18, 2013 at 8:21pm

    Hmm. How do you navigate the Biotracking website? When I go there, and click on the goat page, all I can find is a page for a pregnancy test, but nothing about sending in blood samples.

    Do you use WADDL for the other tests? Or how do you do that?

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle November 18, 2013 at 7:50pm

    They only do CAE though. If you want CL and Johnes, you will have to use WADDL:

    http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts_waddl/

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle November 18, 2013 at 7:49pm

    I just mailed blood to this company today for the first time:

    http://www.biotracking.com/

    You can also do a pregnancy test with the same blood draw, which is the main reason I'm using them now instead of WADDL, which is where I have always sent blood in the past.

  • Rachel Griebenow November 17, 2013 at 1:35pm

    Well, I should probably learn things like blood drawing anyway. :P Where do you send the blood off to?

  • Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres November 16, 2013 at 10:46pm

    I haven't done the tests yet, but it involves a blood draw. If you can do those on your own, then you can skip the vet middle man from what I understand. There is a video in one of the discussions showing how to do a blood draw.

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