https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/22606/poison Has anyone got any views or experience of the poisons test kits that Kacey Diagnostics are currently selling via VetDirect? It is the rodenticide exposure test that I was particularly interested in. I am aware of the Ethylene Glycol tests having beenen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/136131?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:38 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:34228c89-165e-44c4-abe4-5d555320eb04Braden Collins<p>No experience with them but things I would look at include:</p> <p> <ul> <li>shelf life of the kits. I would think it would be fairly infrequent thatyou&#39;re not sure which dog has been exposed so test may go out of date</li> <li>Cost. Would it be cheaoer than running PT/PTT clotting times, and will it replace the need to do these?</li> <li>Necessity. To me, I can think of very few occasions where this test would make a diagnosis/treatment plan easier.</li> <li>As you mentioned, sensitivity and specificity</li> </ul> </p> <p>Happy to have others disagree but I would see it as a thing that will sit on the shelf going out of date and not getting used often.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>