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WeeFoal™

Urine Test for Equine Pregnancy

About WeeFoal

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Running a WeeFoal Urine Test

Collecting Equine Urine (suggestions)

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We ship to the 48 contiguous states. Orders for Alaska, Hawaii or International please email for a shipping quote.

 

 

  Running a WeeFoal Urine Test

Urine Test Kit Components

Urine Test Kit Components


Each individual WeeFoal™ test kit is contained within a sealed aluminum foil pouch.

The sealed kit consists of:

Test membrane enclosed in a plastic cassette.
Two small plastic pipettes for dispensing the urine sample.
Desiccant pack to maximize the shelf-life of the test kit
A detailed instruction sheet is provided with the test kit.

US orders only

One Kit  $38.00 each plus $4.60 shipping

NC Residents add sales tax

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Orders are sent at the coolest part of the day by Priority Mail directly from the Post Office and should arrive in 2-5 business days


Stability of our Products

12 months at 37F degrees

DO NOT FREEZE

While 'WeeFoal' shows good stability at 86° degrees, it is recommended that 'WeeFoal' be stored long term, refrigerated at 39° degrees Fahrenheit.

Our tests show no deterioration in performance following shipments around the world at ambient temperature.


WeeFoal™

Urine Pregnancy Test for Mares

Urine collection

The WeeFoal™ test is best performed on freshly collected urine obtained at any time of the day.  We like to suggest collecting a sample from first or early morning void. The test may also be performed on collected urine which has been stored for up to 48 hours at 4 degrees centigrade. It does not have to be in sterile conditions. A wee bit of dirt wont hurt. To see an example of collecting urine for this test, see our on-line example.

Test procedure

The WeeFoal™ test can be performed on a urine sample collected from 120 days after breeding to day 300. It is not recommended to use the test before 120 days or after day 300 as results maybe inconclusive. Run the test at room temperature on a white paper or paper towel in a well-lighted area. The urine sample and test pack should be at room temperature before performing the test. The urine sample must be diluted as described below.

Do not run the test with undiluted urine.

When ready to perform the test, open the foil pouch and place the test cassette, 2 plastic pipettes and the small tube of urine diluent on a flat, clean surface. Take one of the pipettes, squeeze the upper bulb and draw enough of the urine sample into the pipette to fill the stem completely. (0.15 ml will fill the stem, and any overdrawn amount will go into the lower bulb reservoir). Discharge the urine sample from the pipette stem into the small tube of urine diluent by gently squeezing the upper bulb (any excess fluid from the draw will remain in the reservoir). Replace the cap on the small tube of urine diluent and invert the tube twice to thoroughly mix the urine with the diluent. Take the second pipette, put the stem in the tube of diluted urine, and draw enough of the diluted urine sample into the pipette to fill the stem completely. Discharge the diluted urine sample drop by drop from the pipette stem into the round sample well of the cassette by gently squeezing the upper bulb (any excess fluid from the draw will remain in the reservoir).

sample well
 

Allow the sample to soak into the absorbent pad in the well between drops. Once a few drops have been added to the sample well, the urine will start to flow along the membrane in the cassette window. Continue adding drops of diluted urine until the leading edge of the fluid is ¾ of the way along the membrane, i.e. has reached the ‘C’ mark on the plastic housing.
Do not flood the sample well by adding too much sample, or adding it too quickly.
Wait for 5 to 10 minutes. The test result will generally be obvious within 5 minutes but occasionally it may take up to 10 minutes for the result to clearly form.


Interpreting the result
Positive               Negative
 Interpreting the result

 

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