Hi Heather,
I've been told (and I think it's on the ARI site somewhere) that the blood cards have to be received within 2 weeks of collecting the blood. So I just don't do the cards until I'm ready to send them in to ARI.
Cynthia Jamar
The 'Paca Place at Stardust Farm
www.alpacanation.com/thepacaplace.asp
www.curlymft.com
www.youravon.com/cjamar
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@...> wrote:
>
> So, previously unbeknownst to me, we are having the vet out to look
> at an adult male, and to do blood draws for FTA cards for our new
> crias. However, I am tightly budgeted this month and next, and can't
> send them off right away.
>
> I remember seeing that some people have not sent them off within the
> 10 day window for having the BVD test done, and it's worked fine. I'd
> like to ask, just how long did you wait before sending that cards in?
> And, DNA is DNA, right? If it can be read for determining parentage,
> you'd think it can be read after doing the PCR for the BVD test.
>
> ?
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Zeleny
> White Lotus Alpacas
> Oregon
>
> Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
> http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
> http://whitelotus.openherd.com
>
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