kamuzz Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 A couple of people have suggested the NutriScan test from Jean Dodds for my dog with digestive issues http://www.nutriscan.org/ For those that have used the test, how did you post the test back to the US for analysis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifecta Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 A couple of people have suggested the NutriScan test from Jean Dodds for my dog with digestive issues http://www.nutriscan.org/ For those that have used the test, how did you post the test back to the US for analysis? PM Erny - she'll know for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crazydoglady99 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Karen - the test should come with every thing you need to send it. Customs labels etc. My vet said they arrive in USA within 1 week. Results to you take 2-4 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamuzz Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Let me re-phrase my original question. On their website they say to send the results back via FedEx, UPS or USPS Priority Mail. What do we use from Australia? trifecta, I think I've used up my PM allowance with Erny! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crazydoglady99 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Oh i thought you could do UPS from post office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsmum Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I just sent it back through Australia Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueang Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I have a question, with the Nutriscan test the salvia is used, so what do you do, just swab their tongue with something that they have sent out? & doesn't the salvia dry out over the 1 week it takes to get to America, isn't their a salvia testing somewhere in Australia?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I would love to know more about people's experience with this! I have an itchy dog so am very interested. What results have people had back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolietas Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 All the packaging/information/customs forms etc. are included in the kit as to how to send back. Australia Post is fine to use. I got my results within a week of the lab receiving the completed kit. The test itself is very easy...they send you a piece of small cotton rope which is placed in the dogs mouth for a short time so that they get a salivary sample (a couple of minutes from memory) and then you put in the tube and package and send back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I have a question, with the Nutriscan test the salvia is used, so what do you do, just swab their tongue with something that they have sent out? & doesn't the salvia dry out over the 1 week it takes to get to America, isn't their a salvia testing somewhere in Australia?? Specimen goes into a special tube that prevents drying out if used correctly. Dr Jean Dodds has these tests down to a fine art in terms of sending all needed to supply speciemens, instructions on how to & is oonly an email away if there are problems. Kamuzz, in the OP, has posted the site. It's most interesting to read. Edited January 23, 2015 by VizslaMomma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I used FedEx to send it back, but I had blood serum for a thyroid level check to send as well and that's something Aussie post has refused to send. At the time I ran the saliva test I found it interesting and useful but, in my instance at least, only a guide rather than a given. I did the test before I put my boy on the Augustine Approved diet and his food back then included roo. The nutroscan test doesn't include roo meat protein source because It is not a food source that is frequently used in America and other nearby Countries. Also, I recall questioning on another meat protein source which showed up as (I think - I'm going off memory here) being ok, yet wasn't ok (or maybe it was vice versa). Anyway, the answer to my query was the difference could relate to what the animal meat source is fed on and that could be different from America to Australia. But as I said, back when I ran it was before Augustines Approved and as I'd run through almost every practical meat protein source possible and none of them worked and in fact my dog was so uncomfortable that he just stopped eating (and he was skinny enough as it was), I was desperate and it did help me as a guide to some knowledge of what to mainly steer clear of. But as a whole, it was not the main or most useful test for us. Too many questions and the variance of what our meat protein sources are fed on would have to lend itself to a good degree of unreliability in results. I think. Having said that, I'd run it again if I had another dog with digestive issues. It provides a little bit of info that can be used for guidance, even if that guidance might be a bit loose. Edited January 23, 2015 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I just sent it in the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewieTAG Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hi I was advised to consider a nutriscan. Just wondering if you all have ordered the test kit from the website or got it from somewhere in Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hi I was advised to consider a nutriscan. Just wondering if you all have ordered the test kit from the website or got it from somewhere in Australia? You order it online with Nutriscan and they post it to you from America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crazydoglady99 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 You can buy them in aus though.. we started seeing a new "holistic" vet and she keeps a small stock of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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