Personalised merchant service
Westgate offer a bespoke service to shops and merchants, particularly useful for those with an SQP in store.
This system enables retailers to become more involved with a client’s worming programme which could increase visits to your shop and bring about add-on sales. You sell the worm egg counts and test kits to your clients, they take the samples and send them to the lab and we return the results to you to disseminate back to the customer.
The tests
Regular worm egg counts should form the basis of any targeted parasite control programme.
Horses, ponies, mules and donkeys
- worm egg counts
- pinworm
- lungworm
- liver fluke tests
Advise your clients to test for redworm and roundworm every 3 months in Spring, Summer and Autumn, adding in a dose for the possibility of encysted redworm in the winter (December to February).
Domestic poultry including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pigeons
- worm egg counts
Farm animals including sheep, cows, goats and other grazing animals
- worm egg counts
- lungworm tests
- liver fluke tests
Please note we are unfortunately unable to test pigs, camels or birds of prey.
The service
We provide you with all the paperwork you need, customised with your logo and information. You sell the sample pots and pre-paid envelopes to the clients. They fill in the sheet with animal names and send off dung samples to the lab. We e-mail the results to YOU and bill you each month for the tests and the number of pre-paid envelopes used.
No upfront costs
Although this means slightly more work for you there is greater involvement with the client and no need to pay up-front as we only bill you for tests carried out and pre-paid envelopes used.
Free Marketing Material
Our website has a rage of free RAMA resources and digital material to download and share on your social media channels.
For more information ask for a free sample of the direct merchant service please call 01670 791994 or e-mail Kristy Hodgson [email protected].
Still not sure? Download our information sheet here
The tests
We test all samples on the day we receive them in our purpose built laboratory with results speedily reported in the way you choose. By using Westgate you can be assured of a professional service and a result that your customers can rely on.
- Worm egg counts and liver fluke tests are conducted using the industry standard ‘modified McMaster’ egg count method (including a centrifuge) with results expressed as eggs per gram.
- Pinworm is detected using an adhesive tape test
- Lungworm tests are conducted using the Baermaan sedimentation technique with results expressed as eggs per gram.
- Sand tests are are conducted as sedimentation tests with results expressed as a percentage to give a quantitative measure of any sand levels.