I would make sure they don't shave your girl, some of them do and its unnecessary. I always insist they take the sample from the leg too, they don't need much blood.

If you haven't had a test done with your vet before I would check before hand to ensure that they have the equipment to do it there and then for you some of them expect to send it off and give you the answer in 2-3 days which is no good.

Mine used to use the snap test, but now they have a machine that does it for them. I would also check that they don't charge you extra for a letter confirming the results. Mine don't but I know someone who's vet charged her an extra £10 for the privilege. The next time she went to that stud, the stud owner phoned the vet to confirm the results to save her having to pay the extra.

I pay £35 for a pre stud blood test and written confirmation of the results.

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