Blood testing

The Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service offer a number of different blood tests

Advantages of blood testing

Dairy Cow Tests

Dry Cow Tests

Beef Suckler Tests

Sheep Tests - Pre Lambing and Pre Mating

 

The above tests can also be used on milking sheep and goat flocks.  Please always contact our office in advance of sampling for advice on these or any other production animals you may wish to test.

 

DHHPS forms

When submitting a DHHPS metabolic profile - Dairy, Dry Cow or Beef test.  Please download an completed a Sheet 1 (farm background information)  and a Sheet 3 (details of the individual animals and their ration)

 

Sheet 2 - monthly herd health recording form - not required for metabolic profiles

 

 

 

For all sheep tests please download and complete the Sheep test input form

 

Sheep test input forms (116.16 KB / PDF)

 

Price list

 

 

 

Blood tubes required

 

  • "One-off" or first member test. Two Lithium Heparin 'green' tubes and a Fluoride-Oxalate'grey' tube from each cow.

 

  • Existing member test. One Lithium Heparin 'green' and one Fluoride-Oxalate 'grey' tube from each cow.

 

  • Pre-lambing sheep test: One Lithium Heparin 'green' tube for each sheep.

 

  • Pre-mating (trace element) sheep testing:  Two Lithium Heparin 'green' tubes from each sheep.

 

(the second lithium heparin tube required for some tests is to facilitate the running of the GHSPx (selenium) assay in the laboratory. As a routine we do not use serum tubes for any of our analysis, though we can use them if they are provided, they are unsuitable for GSHPx analysis so heparin tubes are preferred)

Transport of samples

The Royal Mail (and all other postage services) have strict regulations regarding biological samples in the post.

Transport of samples

Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Contact details

Address

Easter Bush Campus
Roslin
Midlothian
EH25 9RG

Availability

9-00am - 5.00pm

 

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