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Biosecurity

Biosecurity is rapidly becoming the most important word for livestock farming. If you don’t think it is important to you, then consider the following list of diseases:

All ruminants:
Salmonellosis
Ringworm
Wormer resistance
MangeJohnes disease
Lice
Liver fluke
Foot and mouth

Cattle:
Digital dermatitis
Tuberculosis
Brucellosis
Leptospirosis
Lungworm
IBR
BVD/mucosal disease
Strept. Agalactia mastitis

Sheep:
Footrot
Contagious ovine digital dermatitis
Orf
Maedi-visna
Pulmonary adenomatosis
Caseous lymphadenitis
Border disease
Sheep scab
Ovine contagious kerato-conjunctivitis
Campylobacter abortion
Scrapie

All of these can be brought into a flock or herd by an apparently normal animal, sometimes a cow or bull, sometimes a sheep, sometimes any of them. Some of them can also be brought in on a dirty wellington boot or shoe, or on a wheel. There are therefore a number of ways that different infections can be brought ont a farm, but the most important method is undoubtedly by buying in carrier stock.
Contact the practice for advcie on protecting your herd or flock. It is some of the most important advice you can receive.