[Jacob-list] certified scrapie free

[Meg Steensland]

A woman with Shetlands has a scrapie free flock - she says - and it means she has a CLOSED flock of females.  She can sell any sheep and she can bring in rams to breed but cannot add any more females or her date will get reset - she says.

--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Betty Berlenbach <lambfarm at tds.net> wrote:

From: Betty Berlenbach <lambfarm at tds.net>
Subject: [Jacob-list] certified scrapie free
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 10:04 AM



 
 

Laura, Cheryl, et al,
 
If the only way you can tell if a sheep has scrapie 
is through examing its brain when it's dead, how can a flock be certified 
scrapie free?  I'm just curious as to the process.  I know that the 
mandatory scrapie program simply has people record who got sold to whom and keep 
records, in case, when randomly checking for scrapie, they come across a sheep 
that has it and can then, track it back.  But I'm not entirely sure how the 
voluntary program works in such a way that it can certify a flock 
scrapie-free?  All explanations welcome.
 Betty, in Vermont,who now has a blog, thanks 
to help from Walter and Linda.  See Betty's blog at http://sheepwoman.wordpress.com.
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