Getting IGF/Antibody tests from MSU by myself?

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cabreu

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My vet won't ship the blood samples to MSU but will give them to me. Has anyone tried doing this? I just filled out the form to set up an account with MSU, which required a clinic name, so I put my vet's clinic. Hopefully they'll let me do this...

@Wendy&Neko maybe you would know about this? Thank you!
 
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Try contacting MSU yourself first and see what they say. People used to do this, then they stopped it because people weren't sending properly prepared blood. Why won't the vet ship them?
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Try contacting MSU yourself first and see what they say. People used to do this, then they stopped it because people weren't sending properly prepared blood. Why won't the vet ship them?
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I tried calling but they are closed for the day. The vet said they "don't have an account" and "aren't able to ship samples." The vet was also hostile about my request for these tests, and seemed very offended that I asked. Well, I'll keep the samples in my freezer and contact MSU on Monday. Ugh.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Try contacting MSU yourself first and see what they say. People used to do this, then they stopped it because people weren't sending properly prepared blood. Why won't the vet ship them?
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By the way, since you're here, Wendy, and have been so nice in answering my questions (thank you!), what do you think of Willow's spreadsheet? It looks like it's going to take me longer to get the acro/IAA results than I had thought-- should I just keep increasing by 0.5 units every 3 days if she doesn't go lower than the 200s? I tried asking the vet about Levemir today but the hostility was all I got.

Oh and p.s. the vet also noted the tartar build-up on Willow's teeth, which I was already aware of but don't want to put her under for a teeth-cleaning right now. Is this the right move?
 
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Does you vet use Idexx as their lab? Idexx is one of the major labs that vets use with the other being Antech. In the Idexx test schedule IAA test is 3237 and the IGF-1 test is 3241. Based on the turn-around times listed, Idexx may be sending the samples to MSU.
Anteck lists a Insulin Growth Factor I test, S16370, but I can't find an Insulin Autoantibody test at Antech
 
Larry and Kitties said:
Does you vet use Idexx as their lab? Idexx is one of the major labs that vets use with the other being Antech. In the Idexx test schedule IAA test is 3237 and the IGF-1 test is 3241. Based on the turn-around times listed, Idexx may be sending the samples to MSU.
Anteck lists a Insulin Growth Factor I test, S16370, but I can't find an Insulin Autoantibody test at Antech
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Interesting, Antech must be what they use, and why they told me I was crazy for asking for the IAA test because "it's not even available for cats." They also quoted me as $295 for the IGF test. So I decided to try shipping both samples to MSU- hopefully this will work.
 
I had to walk my vet through how to get the IGF-1 and IAA tests too. First time she' done it.
 
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