Samples accepted for DNA testing

2 kind of samples accepted by ANTAGENE:

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You don't have any ANTAGENE DNA sampling kits to perform a cheek swab? ANTAGENE accepts also blood samples on EDTA tubes (minimum 2ml.). This method of sampling provides an equally reliable result.

Enclose with the sample:

- The sampling certificate

- The paiement or proof of paiement (if wire transfer)

How to perform a good cheek swab sample?

  Some precautions before performing the cheek swab sample:

• The animal shouldn’t have eaten, suckled, or drunk for 30 minutes. 
• If possible, isolate the animal from its fellow creatures 30 minutes before sampling.
• Once out of its packaging, the swab must touch the animal to be tested only. In case of doubt, start over the sampling or perform a blood sample. (2 ml in EDTA tube)
• In the absence of ethanol in the tube, complete with alcohol 90° or, failing that, with alcohol 70°
• Clean the equipment between each sample (cutting pliers)  

In order to collect the cells of the animal:

Slide the swab between the animal’s gum and cheek  To collect peel off cells, gently press the cheek with the thumb and turn the cytobrush for 20 seconds
Put the cytobrush in the tube containing ethanol.  Cut the swab just above the brush, so that the tube can easily be closed
Check that the tube is not leaking Put the sample number on the sampling certificate
After shaking the tube, observing    whitish fragments floating in the solution is a good indicator of a successful sampling.

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