[Jacob-list] ?Scrapie????

[Linda]

Is this part of the scrapie program?
I just enrolled in June. The state vet asked that I notify him when we 
take a sheep over 14 months to butcher, although it's not mandatory, so  
that he can get samples. My state vet does want to sample any sheep that 
dies here.
A few years back we had a ram die suddenly and were fortunate enough to 
have a local vet that would do a necropsy with us in attendance. It 
wasn't the dead of winter, so we were able to do it outside. It was a 
great learning experience, although I'd rather have done it on a cull ram.

Linda




BISCHOW at aol.com wrote:

> Last Oct I had a Cotswold ewe go down.  We did all we and my vet could 

> think of, but after about a week in our "guest" bathroom,we realized 

> she needed to be put down.  No one consulted Mother Nature.  She 

> presented us with a real winter storm.  I couldn't get 1) to my vet to 

> have her pts and 2) to CSU in Ft Collins to have her posted and 

> checked for Scrapie.  So I called USDA vets. Great, except the one 

> that covers our area was way out in Eastern Colo.  God bless her, she 

> said if she couldn't get someone out of Lakewood, SHE would be at my 

> house by 1PM.  Luckily she did get a Lakewood vet to come.  He was 

> fantastic.  He euthanized the ewe, then we  argued about _where_ to do 

> the post.  I ruled out the front porch:  too d... cold, windy and 

> still snowing and the kennel: I didn't want to have to clean the mess 

> up down there.  He finally gave in and we posted her on the dining 

> room floor on papers & a tarp.  What an awesome teacher he was. 

> Visiting we discovered Dale and I, as well as our vets, were all at 

> CSU at the same time.  He gave Dale & me a great anatomy refresher 

> course.  The samples were checked for scrapie, along with rabies and 

> several other things.  All were neg.  Many people would probably have 

> killed her or let her die and never report it.  I couldn't do that 

> with a clear conscience. Cost: 1 tarp and a little floor cleanup. A 

> small price to be able to sleep at night.

>  

> Louise

> you tell a horse.

>      you ask a donkey.

>      and you negotiate with a mule.

>  

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