Hi John,
Yep, I have a pretty strong opine about the SFCP and it isn't good.
But let me ask you this: what advantage has being certified
scrapie-free brought you? The only advantage I can see is if you plan
to export sheep and the receiving country requires sheep to be
certified. To my knowledge, no one in the U.S. exports blackbelly
sheep to anywhere other than Canada. Canada requires only that the
breeder have his animals scrapie tagged and vet inspected. There has
been no reported case of scrapie in hair sheep.
Why do you feel that being certified is better than simply complying
with the USDA's mandatory scrapie eradication program (getting a
premise ID and tagging sheep that leave your farm)?
Carol
At 03:46 PM 7/27/2013, you wrote:
I'm trying to decide what to do now that the "Complete Monitored category
has been eliminated from the SFCP. Anyone care to opine?
John Carlton
Double J Farms
Spanish Fort, AL
doublejfar...@gmail.com
_______________________________________________
This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list
Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
_______________________________________________
This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list
Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
