[Jacob-list] tags and tracking

[Linda Bjarkman]

I doubt it, too.  Just passing on something I happened across.  That particular goat 
list is just for Georgia.  Georgia DA standards do say, in regard to scrapie, that 

>the state veterinarian reserves the option of applying rules that may exceed
>the
>minimum set forth in the Program Standards. (program standards referring to the fed 
regs)

When I had the state vet out, he told me that he would not want to accept some 
things that the federal government would permit - such as loaning rams.  I assume 
that is where the goat people got the idea that you could not bring in males from 
unenrolled programs.  I didn't enroll in the program at that time, so I don't really 
know if the state vet was, in fact, applying rules that exceeded the minimum.  I 
think we have a new state vet now.

Linda

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:22:13 +0000, humbug7 at att.net wrote:
>I doubt that the government can require skin scrapings for your flock done at
>your expense.  Especially since this test is not accepted as a "proof of being
>scrapie free".  I certainly have not heard mention of this and my most recent
>inspection was December 23rd.  Most vets are not able to do this test due to
>lack of training.  I certainly would not pay for this test.
>
>I'm wondering what the skin scraping is supposed to be testing for?
>
>Also, the USDA APHIS website specifically states that the likelihood of
>scrapie being transmitted by the ram to the lamb via impregnation is highly
>unlikely. Therefore, acquisition of rams (whether or not they are in the
>voluntary program) do not affect your start date in the voluntary program.
>
>Ewes, however, are believed capable of transmitting scrapie to their lamb(s)
>and will affect your start date.
>
>>The TV news stated that quite a number of cattle were to be butchered to
>>insure that the infected cow's calf would be eliminated as they weren't sure
>>which was her calf. A SC newspaper earlier reported that there was an effort
>>going on to locate the infected cow's calf "even though transmission from cow
>>to calf was unlikely."
>>
>>I'm sure I'm not getting the whole scoop on this, but something's not right
>>with those reports.
>>
>>I thought that the requirement for sheep to be tagged from point of origin
>>went into effect back around 2001.  If you had sheep on your farm in 2001 and
>>they left, they had to have your tags if they were not already tagged from
>>the previous owner.
>>
>>I read the following on the Goats list and wondered if anyone else has heard
>>of this
>>
>>>We received notice that under the Volunteer Scrapie Program, we will now
>>>have to have our private vet come out and do skin scrapings on the herd and
>>>send a letter to the state. In my case, this could be cost-prohibitive of
>>>remaining on the program--is there anyone else that feels this way? Also, I
>>>received another notice today about lower-status "rams" being allowed in
>>>without affecting herd status under certain circumstances. There is an
>>>inference in the notice that some herds have been allowed to purchase "rams"
>>>not on the program without losing status--Does anyone know anything about
>>>this?
>>
>>Linda
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:28:52 -0500, Neal and Louise Grose wrote:
>>
>>>The cow with BSE almost certainly was tagged and identified in  Canada with
>>>the same system. A beef cow would have been much more difficult  to trace.
>>>As it was, the governmentS did a lot of shuffling feet and hum hawing
>>>around. Can you say "consumer confidence?"
>>>
>>>Neal Grose ----- Original Message ----- From:    Mary    Hansson To: jacob-
>>>list at jacobsheep.com Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:37    PM Subject:
>>>[Jacob-list] tags and    tracking
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