Re: [AlpacaTalk] Progestrone for pregnancy testing

 

In a message dated 3/29/2010 9:11:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jpowers@bentstarproject.org writes:

Has anyone ever used progestrone to test for pregnancy? How reliable is it?

We draw progesterone tests for pregnancy, usually at the time of shearing.  They have been 100% accurate for us, where the spit test is not.  I have noticed that a lot of females will always let males breed them, pregnant or not, which runs a risk of slipping a fetus or infecting the female, so I stopped using spit tests anymore, it is just too risky.

 

SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA
http://www.openherd.com/FarmPage.aspx?Farm=433

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