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 also accepts blood samples on EDTA tubes (minimum 2ml.). This method of sampling provides an equally reliable result.
cheek swab samples | BLOOD SAMPLE |
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- Sampling material provided in the ANTAGENE Kit
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- Quick and simple technique
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Enclose with the sample:
- The sampling certificate
- The payment or proof of payment (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
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- Put the cytobrush in the tube containing ethanol.
- Cut the swab just above the brush, so that the tube can easily be closed
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- Check that the tube is not leaking
- Put the sample number on the sampling certificate
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- After shaking the tube, observing whitish fragments floating in the solution is a good indicator of a successful sampling.
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