Dead Calf

doyleshill

If a calf dies soon after birth due to an accident does it have to BVD Tested .What the procedure with disposing the calf.

feartuath

All new born calves that die have to be BVD tested,registered and brought to knackery.
In the first voluntary year of BVD testing I failed to test a dead calf and had to test the cow after to make that year count.

doyleshill

Thanks for that Fearthuath..I better do it properly so.

tanko

doyleshill wrote: »

If a calf dies soon after birth due to an accident does it have to BVD Tested .What the procedure with disposing the calf.

Yeah, ALL calves even aborted ones should be tested. Bring the calf to a knackers yard. It'll cost you €10-15 approx.

jimmy2pens

feartuath wrote: »

All new born calves that die have to be BVD tested,registered and brought to knackery.
In the first voluntary year of BVD testing I failed to test a dead calf and had to test the cow after to make that year count.

Yes, must be tested, same as above I didn't test the calf and had to test the cow. Calf was registered stillborn. 6 months later I got a phone call telling me that I had no BVD result for calf No. IExxxxxx. She told me "If you still have the calf, you can test with a button tag"There wouldn,t be much left after 6 months to take a sample from!

jack o shea

you could <modsnip>

mikeoh

tanko wrote: »

Yeah, ALL calves even aborted ones should be tested. Bring the calf to a knackers yard. It'll cost you €10-15 approx.

How does it work if blue card not back yet

tanko

mikeoh wrote: »

How does it work if blue card not back yet

You're not going to get a blue card for a calf registered as dead at birth. Tag the calf as normal and send the ear notch sample to the lab. Bring the calf to the knackers yard and they do the paperwork for you.

Genghis Cant

mikeoh wrote: »

How does it work if blue card not back yet

They take care of the paperwork and issue you with a duplicate copy.

mickdw

I find it hard to believe that this is happening in practice. Farmers are tagging already dead Calves then paying for bvd test and disposal?
Farming and farmers most have changed utterly in the last number of years.

tanko

mickdw wrote: »

I find it hard to believe that this is happening in practice. Farmers are tagging already dead Calves then paying for bvd test and disposal?
Farming and farmers most have changed utterly in the last number of years.

Testing and disposal costs approx €13. Can't remember the exact figure but the farmer gets €60 or €80 euro for the beef data and genomics programmes, so more money for doing stuff by the book.

whelan2

tanko wrote: »

Testing and disposal costs approx €13. Can't remember the exact figure but the farmer gets €60 or €80 euro for the beef data and genomics programmes, so more money for doing stuff by the book.

testing is around 3.40
disposal 25 euro around here

jay gatsby

whelan2 wrote: »

testing is around 3.40
disposal 25 euro around here

20 if you drop a calf in yourself here, 30 if they collect

whelan2

whelan2 wrote: »

testing is around 3.40
disposal 25 euro around here

forgot postage at 1.05 aswell

Charliebull

sh!te, i had a calf that died and never BVD tested him,
will have to do cow so:mad:

tanko

whelan2 wrote: »

testing is around 3.40
disposal 25 euro around here

€25 is steep, it's €10 here if you drop the calf in yourself.

lakill Farm

tanko wrote: »

€25 is steep, it's €10 here if you drop the calf in yourself.

Same here. over 6months its €20 dropped.

€125 to collect a dead 2 year old heifer (So my uncle told me) died in field and had to be at the gate for collection

mickdw

tanko wrote: »

Testing and disposal costs approx €13. Can't remember the exact figure but the farmer gets €60 or €80 euro for the beef data and genomics programmes, so more money for doing stuff by the book.

Ah, that makes sense then.