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Originally Posted by yorkieisme  Now that makes sense..........all it took is to lay it out. Thank you............now I might keep looking and saving, and get one. What is a protein C test? Is this something I need to have done for Chino. Remember you are talking to a pet owner and a new one at that. This is why I asked the questions on the price difference in the first place. |
Your welcome! I hope it helped a lot
Their prices will go down as more come puppies come around - don't worry!!
A protein C is a test to check on how the liver is functioning. It checks for how much protein C is in the blood and what has been filtered out by the liver. If you get a super high protein C result then that means the liver is not filtering correctly. I actually requested this test to be done before I bought my Emmie Lou!
Our vet thinks that there are just WAY too many things that throw off a bile acid so they thought this was a great idea! They do draw a lot of blood and I would be scared to do it on a puppy, but no fasting is required. No vets around my area offer a bile acid without fasting overnight
I chose to do the test to make sure that she was totally healthy before I rehomed her since she was just 2.4 lbs.
That is not something you have to do though - same as what registery you go with - some are much less expensive