Legamin
Loving the herd life
I do NOT currently (nor have I ever had) an issue with Scrapies but I contacted the FDA and signed up my farm as a reporting entity once I read about the dangerous and contagious nature of this disease. I have watched YouTube videos of diseased animals and spoken with people who have had the problem in the past but it seems to be rare enough of an occurrence in our area that no one has seen it first hand or dealt with it.
I would love to hear from someone that has dealt with it FIRSTHAND and with their OWN flock. How did it first present, what was your first response and how thorough were you in carcass disposal? I like to be prepared have a check list and have all supplies right at my fingertips when the need arises. I got my tags and specialized Federal Scrapies FDA Ear Tag Applicator…(can you imagine the federal government developing their OWN non-standardized ear tag applicator that doesn’t work with ANY OTHER TAG??! (of course you can because it is a federally funded operation!). You would think that this is a strategic national security operation or something!
Anyways…If you have dealt with it, please share how you overcame the problem and got your flock healthy again.
I would love to hear from someone that has dealt with it FIRSTHAND and with their OWN flock. How did it first present, what was your first response and how thorough were you in carcass disposal? I like to be prepared have a check list and have all supplies right at my fingertips when the need arises. I got my tags and specialized Federal Scrapies FDA Ear Tag Applicator…(can you imagine the federal government developing their OWN non-standardized ear tag applicator that doesn’t work with ANY OTHER TAG??! (of course you can because it is a federally funded operation!). You would think that this is a strategic national security operation or something!
Anyways…If you have dealt with it, please share how you overcame the problem and got your flock healthy again.