BioPryn Pregnancy Blood Test

[cretahillsgal]

Has anyone here used it before?

 

[cretahillsgal]

Here is a link to some info if anyone is interested.

BioPryn

 

[cretahillsgal]

60 views and NO replies. I guess that means nobody has used this!

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Sorry Jules, never even heard of it!

 

[Connie P]

Hi Julie! I have never heard of this particular test. I use the Pregnamare test - you can use it as early as day 40. I see this test says day 70 - that is quite a bit of time to have to wait.

This year we have been ultrasounding along with some Pregnamare tests.

 

[Becky]

Aside from using my vet for ultrasounds and palpations, I've used the WeeFoal 38 and 120 tests successfully. I'm not familiar with the BioPryn test, but I'm too impatient and I like to know right now whether she is or isn't.

 

[WhiteTailsMinis]

Hey Jewels, we've had some mares blood tested by our vet before - not sure if the vet is using this method you mention as the results do come back quick from the lab. We have not done it ourselves nor used this BIoPryn as mentioned. Whether or not the vets do it through this BioPryn, I'm not sure.

While we've heard that blood tests are not 100% accurate, those we have done have all been accurate with the results.

We have a pregnosticator - not real skilled at using it so while we will get a readout of "pregnant" I'm not always sure we've done it correctly.

We are taking an ultra-sound course and will be purchasing our own machine - so hopefully that's going to make a huge difference for us.

 

[cretahillsgal]

Thanks guys. Don't know if I will try it or not. Reasoning is that the closest vet who will do internal u/s is an hour away and it is WAY too hot right now. I dont want to stress out my mares driving them in the hot trailer. And the weefoal tests are $40 each. I've got about 14 mares to test. This BioPryn test is only $25. Quite a savings at that many mares.

Oh, and most of my mares should be at day 70-80 right now anyway.

I might just wait and let my local vet do an external ultrasound in a couple weeks.

 

[Katiean]

We did US on all 3 of my mares. I saw the US. I saw the foals. 2 of the three were supposed to be pregnant. Now we are way past foaling time and no foals. Just as well with the economey the way it is. However, I will not be using that vet ever again.

 

[targetsmom]

Whatever test you use EARLY (I have used US, Pregnamare and Wee Foal 38), I highly recommend a LATER test using the Wee Foal 120. A mare could test positive with many of the early tests and then lose the foal and you might never know. The Wee Foal 120 tests for something in the fetus itself, so if you get a positive with that one you can feel pretty confident that she is still pregnant.

 

[WhiteTailsMinis]

Thanks guys. Don't know if I will try it or not. Reasoning is that the closest vet who will do internal u/s is an hour away and it is WAY too hot right now. I dont want to stress out my mares driving them in the hot trailer. And the weefoal tests are $40 each. I've got about 14 mares to test. This BioPryn test is only $25. Quite a savings at that many mares.

Oh, and most of my mares should be at day 70-80 right now anyway.

I might just wait and let my local vet do an external ultrasound in a couple weeks.

since our vets here won't palpate or US a mini - they did the external sonogram last fall/winter. Very interesting to see the skeletal - legs, spine etc (I say that never seeing what an US produces). It was difficult with the winter woolies to get penetration to view on the screen sometimes - but it did produce results. We had an awesome new vet from Texas and he was told by the other vets in the clinic that external sonogram would NOT work on minis so he did it for FREE as a test basically. This year though, we'll have to pay and not sure what they'll charge. LOL

I do agree that if you do it this early, do it again to be certain they are still pregnant. We did ours in batches of mares. October, December and January. Problem is we only had our records to go by for due dates as the vet couldn't determine from the picture what the gestation was unfortunately. We lack vets around here with the equine experience let alone minis - minis seem to be foreign here for our local vets. LOL

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

I agree with the others that no matter what method you use, a mare can very well be pregnant and if it's less than around 120 or so days, she can "lose" it in many ways and you don't necessarily know until it's closer to foaling time and you have no belly, etc. The fetus is so small in the early stages that many mares absorb or pass them without us ever knowing. And then the weather is cooler, etc. and she doesn't appear to be cycling so you think you have a pregnant mare when in reality she's open. If it's important for you to know for sure, you do two US or tests. With the latter one being after 120 days. I personally don't do the "early" test and just wait until I know the mares are further along before I spend my money.

 

[REO]

I agree with Parmela 100%!!

 

[Connie P]

Absolutely Parmela! We ultrasounded July 15th and had Kate confirmed in foal at 30 days. Ultrasounded again last week (around 60 days) and could clearly see her absorbing her foal. That was a very sad day for me, but now I know she will not have a foal come spring.

Did the same for Valentine and her foal is developing beautifully and looks great!

 

[Katiean]

When we did the US the mares should of been 7 months preg. I never saw anything in the pasture and there is nothing that can get in. We do not have racoons locally and I do not think a bunny would eat a dead foal. I won't use that vet again.

 

[Dontworrybeappy]

I haven't used them, but am planning to try it this season - probably in January or so. At $25.00/per when I can pull blood myself, it's a good deal if it works - and less invasive than US/Palpation.

We pasture bred all our mares this year, so we just have a "range" of breeding/foaling dates... so I may end up doing both the BioPryn and then palpation later on - would be a good way to double check and see if the blood tests work.

 

[Dontworrybeappy]

To resurrect this thread to biopryn to try it out this year - mainly my tiny mares that we get nervous about doing rectals on.

My vet knows I can pull blood, so she just supplied me with the right kind of vacutubes so that I could do it myself. Then I read that centrifuged samples are better than whole blood - so I called my vet and told her I guess I was going to need to use her help anyway...I read her the instructions. So today on my front porch was... a CENTRIFUGE! Wow!

I'm sure it's a loaner - but I've never played with one before! I called Biopryn to ask them how long to spin them, they said 10 minutes then refrigerate overnight and ship on ice in the AM for next day delivery. I'll probably two the larger mare that we "think" is pregnant as well as the tiny maiden who's baby we saw kicking in addition to everyone else that we don't know the status of. My trainer friend wants to go back to the ones that test positive via blood and re-check them with an external US machine just to test out the methods.