AHP Newsgroup: Horsemen's Lab Tip: Avoid Unlabeled Fecal Samples
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 23, 2012
Contact:
John Byrd, DVM
Horsemen's Laboratory
800-544-0599
hlab@horsemenslab.com
www.horsemenslab.com
You’ve received your sample collection kit (see the photo of our testing kit) from Horsemen’s Laboratory, and now you’re ready to head to the barn to collect a fecal sample from your horse for an egg count. But before you go, sit down with pen or marker and completely fill out the information on the sample bag and card. Provide your horse’s name and contact information for yourself, including phone number and email address. Also place a return address on the envelope.
Horsemen’s Laboratory occasionally receives unidentified samples. Even if you are already a client or have prepaid for multiple samples, you must include identifying information for yourself and your horse each time you send a sample. Otherwise, Horsemen’s Laboratory will not know which horse the sample belongs to if you have more than one horse, who the owner is, or where to send the results.
###
Horsemen’s Laboratory owner Dr. John Byrd has extensive experience with racing and breeding horses and oversees Westbrook Boarding Stable. He created Horsemen's Laboratory in 1992 so that horse owners could better evaluate their worm control programs and make informed decisions about deworming their horses.
Visit www.horsemenslab.com to learn more about Horsemen’s Laboratory and parasites, to sign up for the monthly newsletter, and to order testing kits. You can also order kits by calling 1-800-544-0599.
If you have questions specific to your barn, pastures, or testing program contact Dr. John Byrd by:
· e-mail hlab@horsemenslab.com,
· telephone 1-800-544-0599
· contact form at www.horsemenslab.com.