Johnson, Oneta
Mon, 23 May 2005 13:55:52 -0700
Save yourself the confusion. Call your state vet which should be with the ag dept. Leave lots of msgs till you get a call back. Ask them what you have to do. Get them to send you the tags and any other info you need. Take it from there and remember you learn as you go. I have been doing this for a short time but have had horses for ever so I just went the route I did with them. My state vet should be able to tell me anything. Take care. Don't be confused. We all had to figure it out and you are getting your turn. Good luck. OJ -----Original Message----- From: Diane Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:46 PM To: Blackbelly List Subject: [blackbelly] Scrapie Scrapie Scrapie!!! AAARRGGGHH! I'm more confused now than when I started! I'm cyber wandering around this APHIS.USDA.gov website. And am finding that it's all as clear as mud!! Do all my animals have to be vet checked prior to implanting the tags? I read something about genotype testing.. to determine who carries for scrapie. Do my sheep need to be genotyped to be enrolled? If all sheep are not blood-tested to rule out having the disease... how does the tagging cut down on Scrapie? By back-tracking if one of the sheep I sold turns out to be defective-- THEN all my sheep would get tested? I can either get free tags from my state (possibly... I got their voice mail) or buy tags from Premiere once I get my official premise ID number.... either or... doesn't matter.... right? From the website: What are the ID requirements for animals under 18 months of age? Unless they have been bred or aborted, lambs of either sex intended for slaughter are not required to have an identification number or health certificates unless they are scrapie exposed or suspect animals. So... lambs to yearlings... don't need to be tagged UNLESS the buyer says to tag them? OR only if they're going to be food? If I sold lambs to someone & they turned around and sold them into the slaughter system... am I going to get in trouble? Officially Approved Tag Companies All five are officially approved tag companies. The tags are available in metal from Hasco and NBT; and in plastic from Colorado Wool Growers Association, NBT, Premier and SFK Tech, Inc., in various colors. Producers are required to pay for these tags. These ear tags are approved for the official identification of sheep and goats in interstate commerce. They are not approved for use in the Scrapie Flock Certification Program. What does "These ear tags are approved for the official identification of sheep and goats in interstate commerce. They are not approved for use in the Scrapie Flock Certification Program." mean? That if I buy tags from Premiere (or any other company listed) that they are not Scrapie ID tags? And I'll have to insert another tag in addition to the Premiere (or other company) tag? Is Scrapie Flock Certification ~different~ than Scrapie Eradication Program? I apparently have low-risk sheep? They're not commerical... they don't go anywhere...they're not Suffolks or any sort of woolie breed or woolie cross-breds. Does that matter to anyone anywhere? Heeeeeelllllp! Diane _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info