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Free LWO testing? Seems sketchy

CMhorses January 18, 2014 January 18, 2014

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Someone on one of the FB horse pages linked this website and it is having free LWO plus extension and agouti testing, seems sketchy as I'm sure they are not reputable, but if it's free I will send some samples just for funsies. They seem like they do large batch testing like that one lab that had the "all in one" testing that was super sketchy and not very accurate.
http://biokao.com/index.php

Monsterpony Mon, 01/20/2014 - 22:49

I just submitted a request to get the free testing on three of my boys. They are all welsh so no chance of LWO, but it'll be interesting to see what she finds. It is also a chance to get free extension and agouti testing- more so the agouti since mine are all chestnut based.

CMhorses Tue, 01/21/2014 - 03:52

I do realize that they are located in Aus, but I want to submit a couple of ours, my solid apha gelding, and two of our "tobiano" mares.

Monsterpony Wed, 01/22/2014 - 02:24

The woman who runs it was very nice and gave me specific instructions for sending samples. Since she is located in Australia, they have really particular requirements about foreign samples entering the country so she has a form that needs to be signed to verify the horses aren't carrying infectious disease. I am signing mine as I have the credentials to due international health certification, but she may need you to have a different signature. She will email with the information you need. Even if it is similar to the last not so great test, I am not concerned if the testing is 100% as it has no bearing on my boys. 

Monsterpony Tue, 03/04/2014 - 13:40

My test results came back. All three were negative for LWO so at least that part of the test is confirmed. They also all came back ee, which again is what I expected. Bree is aa, Cory is Aa and Peanut is AA. Test results came back in a formal results page with a lot of detail. Seems to be accurate so far.