[Jacob-list] tags and tracking
Debbie Bennett
dbennet954 at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 7 11:13:25 EST 2004
I originally enrolled in the volunteer scrapie program and was told I
could borrow or bring in new rams without affecting my status. A year
later, our state vet informed me that I could not bring in rams without
affecting my status. I only run a couple dozen ewes, so rather than
remain at year one forever, I switched my livestock to the mandatory
scrapie program. I've never seen any information other than the federal
guidelines, so, I was confused about the "new" ram regulations. Maybe
there are individual state rules as well.
Debbie Bennett
Feral Fibre
Oakland, Oregon
On Jan 7, 2004, at 7:31 AM, Linda Bjarkman wrote:
> 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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