PT Antigen WANTED for Research!

[Kiki]

It wasnt any issue for my birds to be PT tested here in LA

Did you happen to see how the tester tested them?
I mean did they test them right there on site or did they draw blood and test it somewhere else?

 

[mixedUPturk]

Did you happen to see how the tester tested them?
I mean did they test them right there on site or did they draw blood and test it somewhere else?

Yes ma'am-- her and i did it all together on site. Pin prick under each birds wing and pick up a drop of blood to put it onto this special sheet with little divits. Wouldve been grainy if infected was clear without infection.

 

[mixedUPturk]

We even did my breeding buttons and only accidentally released 2 birds one of which was a button who flew over the neighbors roof

She did every one of my 50ish quail and they weren't but like 8 wks old. Was just extra thorough. She even admired my incubators and saw my feed storage after we came inside for paperwork. I shared some of our bird remedies with her, she didnt have much education on vetting sick birds as its kinda skimped with the overall attitude 'its just a bird, replace it' but she is a full vet.

Overall it was a great easy experience.

 

[Cyprus]

This is interesting, I was not aware of the shortage.
Will this make it hard to get NPIP tested/certified?

Impossible, actually.

I tried last year, I couldn't because of the lack of antigen.


(Below is for those whom it concerns)
I had 2 or 3 folks here consistently give me grief over not being NPIP when selling eggs and chicks. I tried, but the program has pretty much been suspended. Not my fault. Also, all testing and papers are waved in WI until further notice.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Impossible, actually.

I tried last year, I couldn't because of the lack of antigen.


(Below is for those whom it concerns)
I had 2 or 3 folks here consistently give me grief over not being NPIP when selling eggs and chicks. I tried, but the program has pretty much been suspended. Not my fault. Also, all testing and papers are waved in WI until further notice.

I had no idea any of this was going on, there's nothing, that I've seen, on the state website about the shortage. I've been reading about getting NPIP lately since a lot of out- of-staters have been asking me to ship hatching eggs.

 

[TexasAMQuailLab]

May I ask why you would even want expired?

My professor gave me the go-ahead to acquire even expired product. We are making an exception because of the shortage, although we realize it is not the best practice.

 

[Kiki]

My professor gave me the go-ahead to acquire even expired product. We are making an exception because of the shortage, although we realize it is not the best practice.

Awesome! Are you going to post your results here?
I'd like to follow along.

 

[TexasAMQuailLab]

That is not an entitely accurate statement. TVMDL is extending the expiration date of the last batch of antigen on a month to month basis based on their observations of their tests. I get a message from them every month.

This has TROLL written all over it. If the OP is really a Texas A&M grad student, which I highly doubt she is and is working on such a . project relocating out of state game birds into the state of Texas she would need to be working in close contact with the Texas Game Commission and TVMDL and have their preapproval and by default would know that antigen is not and has not been available for going on to two years.

This is just a solicitation to acquire a scarce resource.

It's great that TVMDL extended the last batch, which is what we used last time we translocated, however we are out of even that now. If you would like more information on our project, you can follow this link and read a little bit about it: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...ack-the-quail-population-and-hunter-to-texas/
It's been very difficult to coordinate between the different agencies involved to the point where we can not rely on the ever-changing release date from Charles River. We know of laboratories who are willing to have us send samples to them to be tested, but we require our own bottle because we do rapid testing in the field as quickly as possible to process the birds with the least amount of stress and time. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to further discuss our project!
-Erin the real grad student

 

[TexasAMQuailLab]

Awesome! Are you going to post your results here?
I'd like to follow along.

It's great you are showing interest in our project!! Dallas news did a great article about it that you can read here: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...ack-the-quail-population-and-hunter-to-texas/
We have many different facets of the project under separate students, but we are all working together to renew quail hunting and raise conservation dollars for quail species habitat restoration and protection! Let me know if you have any questions!

-Erin

 

[Kiki]

It's great you are showing interest in our project!! Dallas news did a great article about it that you can read here: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/...ack-the-quail-population-and-hunter-to-texas/
We have many different facets of the project under separate students, but we are all working together to renew quail hunting and raise conservation dollars for quail species habitat restoration and protection! Let me know if you have any questions!

-Erin

Thanks!
I will read this now.