TH and PHA Testing

[Jones]

How do you go about the TH and PHA tesing?  Is there a certain lab that does it, or can your local vet do it? 

 

[Okotoks]

Here's a link from the ASA site.
http://www.shorthorn.org/images/registration/genetictesting/forms/2010/ShorthornUpdated4_12.02.2010.pdf

or another option is Agrigenomics
http://www.agrigenomicsinc.com/forms.html

 

[OH Breeder]

How do you go about the TH and PHA tesing?  Is there a certain lab that does it, or can your local vet do it? 

It gotten lots easier. You do blood or hair. We always use ot do the vet. But he would come out and charge for a farm call. The hair deal is much more effecient for us.

Igenity will send you a packet with instructions
http://www.igenity.com/beef/profile/Abnormalities.aspx

Pfizer also offers hair test
http://www.pfizeranimalgenetics.com.au/sites/PAG/aus/Pages/CattleDNA_Kit.aspx

Almost all are the same price Hair is $27 for both.

 

[Till-Hill]

Get the Igenity collection tags. You can freeze them and send them in latter or send them in the day you take them and a tag with matching numbers stays in the animals ear. And if you ever need it tested for anything else they will keep it on file...........and if you lose your paper work all you have to do is get the animal in the chute and look at the Igenity number.

 

[Jones]

Thanks for answering my question i'm new to breeding clubbies.  Its about time to order semen and I need to test my animals so I dont double up on TH.