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22-01-2010, 04:13 PM   #1

How much to get a cat blood tested?


anyone know? i asked the vet,he said he would ring back but he never did
iwant to test my male s blood group



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22-01-2010, 04:29 PM   #2

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


No idea, it varies from vet to vet. Why do you want to know his blood group?



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22-01-2010, 04:33 PM   #3

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


http://www.fabcats.org/owners/blood_groups/info.html

Ok, now I get it, you want to become a breeder and indeed have already become one.



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22-01-2010, 04:35 PM   #4

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


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Originally Posted by Elaine
No idea, it varies from vet to vet. Why do you want to know his blood group?
beacuse someone told meif the cats blood group is different from the queenthe kittens will die
i asked my vet this and he said its rubbish he said if theres a prob with the kittens, i just bring them to the vets



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22-01-2010, 04:37 PM   #5

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


I dont wish to apear rude but why do you want to breed?



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22-01-2010, 06:01 PM   #6

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


no i dnt want to be a breeder it was an accident i shall keep the kittens



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22-01-2010, 06:26 PM   #7

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


There is a problem with different blood groups in the sire and dam and if this is the case then without intervention the kittens will die, your vet is wrong. I don't know how much it is to do the blood group test. I know you can do it via a buccal cell swab and send it to Animal DNA in Australia. It costs $50 australian dollars that is which is about £28. They are very good as I use them. The main breed to suffer from this problem is BSH. I will find a link for you to read up on it.

Please can we be a bit more helpful on Catsey. I am beginning to realise why I hadn't been here for awhile!!!



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22-01-2010, 06:33 PM   #8

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


Here are some more links to the one Elaine posted:-

http://www.messybeast.com/bloodgroups.htm

http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/Page...and_NI_Web.pdf

This link shows some of the breeds that have an issue and to what percentage. If you are wanting to go down the avenue of the DNA swab you will need to get two swab kits asap. This is the link to Animal DNA:-

http://www.animalsdna.com/

It is really easy to do the swabs, you can do them yourself and get them sent back the same day that you receive the kit.



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22-01-2010, 06:40 PM   #9

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


I only asked the question Kay as it all seems a bit disorganised and disjointed, I also thought that the FAB link would have been useful and helpful.



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22-01-2010, 06:42 PM   #10

Re: How much to get a cat blood tested?


That's fair enough Elaine but it just sounds a bit negative and not just on this thread that this new member has started.



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