High Health Status

[Sid]

Was browsing local auctioneers weekly market catalogues this morning and there are some "high health status" heifers for sale through the weekly market.

Surely they would no longer be high health status if passing through the same market as lower health status or possibly animals carrying disease such as DD IBR, BVD, Johnes??

 

[M-J-G]

Johnes is highly unlikely ro be contracted at a market and status is important as far as long term eradication is concerned.
Neospora is the same.

BVD etc. can be retested after a quarantine period after animals being brought onto the farm.

High Health is just a loosely flung around term these days and means little to me because too many people consider themselves high health if they've taken a blood or two.
I need to see proof of clear testing for several years before I'd listen to such vague terms.

 

[Sid]

Johnes is highly unlikely ro be contracted at a market and status is important as far as long term eradication is concerned.
Neospora is the same.

BVD etc. can be retested after a quarantine period after animals being brought onto the farm.

High Health is just a loosely flung around term these days and means little to me because too many people consider themselves high health if they've taken a blood or two.
I need to see proof of clear testing for several years before I'd listen to such vague terms.

"The herd of cows are Johnes screened on a quarterly basis with extremely low readings. The herd is bi-monthly tested for BVD, PI’s and the herd has been all clear for a considerable period of time, and are vaccinated for Lepto & IBR. "

I understand the Johnes risk is low as with neospra.
I just wonder why take the risk? especially with all classes of stock passing through the market

I know someone who breeds excellent cows and bulls for sale, doesn't sell any milk and they would never ever buy an animal from a market.
But they do show cattle.
That should be a lower risk.

 

[In the pit]

Potential to pick up a lot from a market

 

[M-J-G]

Bulk sampling milk isn't really much of a johnes status as it's just an indicator, if they are individually sampling that is different.

Unless they are unvaccinated in-calf heifers or heifers just about to be turned away with a bull, that they are selling it's unlikely to matter for BVD. But it would be wreckless for a buyer to turn unvaccinated heifers that they'd just bought from a market straight out with a bull.
Like you say they are vaccinated for Lepto and IBR, so the risks are minimal.

That said, I wouldn't buy or sell breeding stock through an open market, but then I joined a cattle health accreditation scheme 20 years ago (when most folks laughed at such a crazy idea) so I take it pretty seriously.

 

[Rossymons]

Aaah the ol' "Never seen a clinical case of Johnes" line still gets bandied about.

 

[In the pit]

Is high health vaccinate for whatever you can and monitor what you can’t and have a closed herd