Tiggy Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I've just contacted my club about rejoining as long as I can show a titre test instead of vaccination certificate and they said I could. So where can I have the titre test done in Perth? I'm near Midland. My Vet is the Swan Vet, I'm not sure if they do them, I'll give them a ring when I get home from work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hi Tiggy - If you can get the vet to draw blood then you can actually drop it off the VetPath labs in Ascot. I have just had titres done. The vet didn't charge me to pull the blood (Ranford Vet in Canning Vale) - so it was $66 which was the path lab charge for testing for Parvo and Distemper. They emailed the results to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peigirl Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Parvo, distemper and hepatitis will set you back just under $200 at Ascot Vet Hospital. Not a cheap exercise, but better than the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I would be asking about the need to test for hepatitis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalier Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) There are two types of titre tests, the IFA (which is what Ptolomy would have had) and the VN/HAI (which is what Peigirl would have had) The VN/HAI test is the gold standard, sent to a reference laboratory and the most accurate, the IFA is not as accurate and is just performed in-house at Vetpath. It only costs $14 more to test for adenovirus is you are getting the VN/HAI done, so its not really a huge extra cost. Sorry guys did a typo - wrote VN twice Edited September 25, 2009 by Cavalier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 What does the IFA stand for? Ptolomy is it the Ascot Vet you send it to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 No I was given the option of taking the blood to Pathlab which is in Ascot. The blood was pulled late on a Thursday which meant it wasn;t going to get to the lab in time for the batching day run on Friday. I opted for the vet to send the blood in and wait for the testing to happen on a Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Am I pronouncing titre correct, I say it like teeter? I don't want to sound like an idiot when I ring the Vet :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalier Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 IFA - immunofluorescence assay HAI - haemagglutination inhibition VN - virus neutralisation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalier Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Am I pronouncing titre correct, I say it like teeter? I don't want to sound like an idiot when I ring the Vet :D . Its pronounced t - eye - tar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peigirl Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I would be asking about the need to test for hepatitis. Already have. $30 off if no hepatitis tested. About to have Sofia TTed in the next month as she'll be 16 months and going to do all three purely out of curiosity. Rafael is just getting over a bout of kennel cough which amazingly Sofia didn't come down with. She was only ever given C3 vaccs as a pup and yet has pulled this amazing immunity out of nowhere, strong little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Four months later and I rang the Vet today to ask if they do titre tests and they don't . Does anyone know a Vet that does fairly local to South Guildford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlygirl Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 No vets i know of do the titre test. The vets draw the blood and send it to an outside laboratory, usually Vetpath in Ascot, WA. You would normally pay your vet fot the test, then Vetpath bills the vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ranford Vet in canning Vale will pull the blood for you - I think they are open 7 days a week - so you could get it done before the Show N Go on the 6th Feb The cost was $66 - I said I just needed the vet nurse to pull the blood - I didn't need to speak to the vet, so that was the cost for the testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 I asked if they would do a blood test and send it off but they said no . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 That's interesting because they did Ciders only a couple of months ago. Have you rung George's Vet practice in Midvale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 That's who I rang, Swan Vet (George Huber), I meant they wouldn't do the blood test not the Ranford Vet, sorry to be confusing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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