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Re: [blackbelly] Scrapie Scrapie Scrapie!!!

CBear81438
Mon, 23 May 2005 20:19:25 -0700

To really comply with the law, you are supposed to have a veterinary  
certificate to take sheep across state lines.  I Know there are an awful  lot 
that 
are never done, but it only takes one livestock inspector or one onery  highway 
patrol to call the livestock inspector.  A vet certificate is  really easy to 
get...  every vet has them, they are the same form a vet  fills out for a dog 
that goes on an airplane....
 
To reinforce what has already been said, use the state tags.  I only  tag 
mine when they go to the sale.  The sale barn charges $2.50/hd to tag  them.  
Tags are free..  It took 10 minutes to tag 12 on Saturday when  they were in 
the 
trailer.  Put the tag between the 2 big veins in the  ear.  Never saw any 
blood.  Kid who was helping me said it "seemed  sorta cruel, but humans pierce 
themselves in a lot worse places."
 
Cecil Bearden
Piedmont, OK
 
 
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