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four month old calf. do i have to tb test before selling

  • 08-02-2011 8:16pm
    #1
    BeeDI
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    Maybe this is a stupid question, but I have to ask. I have one four month old calf, not tested as my last herd test was before it was born. Lad offered to buy it out of the shed, and is convinced no need to test it, till its six months!

    I have big doubts about that, and plan to ring the dept tomorrow. But if any of you folks know the facts, maybe you can put me out of my misery.


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  • #2
    whelan1
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    42 days ..... you have to test it


  • #3
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    yep as whelan says it's 6 WEEKS not 6 months


  • #4
    Jed_Bartlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Jed_Bartlet


    Just in case anyone ever gets caught by something, I thought I'd mention it here.

    Whelan1 and Snowman707 are absolutely correct - calves that were born into your herd and which are still under 6 weeks of age do not have to be tested...ever. (Bought in calves that are under 6 weeks, however, do have to be tested either in a herd test or a pre-movement test)

    Some staff in some DVO's aren't up to date on the current legistation (ironic, isn't it?) and will tell you that in some tests (ie. Reactor Retest, Contiguous Herd Tests, Factory Lesion Retests, etc) any and all live animals must be tested. This is incorrect.

    The current regulations have come down from the EU and state that "Directive 64/432/EEC, as amended, requires that, when conducting a herd-test in order to establish, retain or restore officially TB-free status, all animals on the holding, with the exception of calves under six weeks old which were born in the holding, must be subjected to routine tuberculin testing."

    So if anyone from any DVO or anyone else for that matter ever tells you that every animal must be tested in a herd test of any kind, tell them that the EU has said otherwise and if they insist that you must test animals which weren't eligible, you have every right to refuse and the law is on your side.


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