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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 1347411" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>Laws are changing pretty fast in most states because Trich is becoming more of an issue. I think a lot of it was when cattle were being shipped everywhere due to drought but no matter how it happened its here and we have to be proactive or risk an entire calf crop. We trich test our herd bulls we have never had one test positive but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Florida doesn't have any laws as far a Trich as yet but if you sell into Alabama, Mississippi or Georgia they have to be Trich tested if they are breeding age. The Alabama BCIA Fall Round Up sale changed its rules this year that all bulls consigned have to be trich tested prior to the sale. I think its a good idea that way when folks purchased a bull from this sale they know they are getting a clean bull. We don't bring in many new cattle but when we do we keep them away from the herd for min of 120 days usually longer. We haven't purchased a bull since 2010, since then we have used bulls we have raised, so unless something jumps a fence we are pretty safe the problem is neighbors that don't test or do much of anything else with their cattle that we have to worry about. Not so much at the main farm, but at the home place one neighbor has cattle that get nothing in the way of herd health and that is a concern for us since we develop our bulls at the home place. One of those times when good fences make good neighbors and we keep our fence really hot!</p><p></p><p>gizmom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 1347411, member: 13402"] Laws are changing pretty fast in most states because Trich is becoming more of an issue. I think a lot of it was when cattle were being shipped everywhere due to drought but no matter how it happened its here and we have to be proactive or risk an entire calf crop. We trich test our herd bulls we have never had one test positive but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Florida doesn't have any laws as far a Trich as yet but if you sell into Alabama, Mississippi or Georgia they have to be Trich tested if they are breeding age. The Alabama BCIA Fall Round Up sale changed its rules this year that all bulls consigned have to be trich tested prior to the sale. I think its a good idea that way when folks purchased a bull from this sale they know they are getting a clean bull. We don't bring in many new cattle but when we do we keep them away from the herd for min of 120 days usually longer. We haven't purchased a bull since 2010, since then we have used bulls we have raised, so unless something jumps a fence we are pretty safe the problem is neighbors that don't test or do much of anything else with their cattle that we have to worry about. Not so much at the main farm, but at the home place one neighbor has cattle that get nothing in the way of herd health and that is a concern for us since we develop our bulls at the home place. One of those times when good fences make good neighbors and we keep our fence really hot! gizmom [/QUOTE]
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