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at Borderway unless otherwise stated
Thursday 27th April
Show and sale of pedigree Simmental bulls and females
(entries close Friday 23rd March)
Friday 24th August
Leading Ladies Simmental Female Sale
(entries close Friday 20th July)
Friday 9th November
Show and sale of pedigree Simmental bulls and females
(entries close Friday 5th October)
Health Scheme Rules approved by British Simmental Council in August 2010
1: Any member selling cattle at official sales from the 1st January 2011 must be a member of a CHeCS licensed herd health scheme.
2: All official Society sales to come under Health Scheme Rules.
3: BVD
All male animals from 1st Jan 2011 and all female animals from 1st October
2011 must adhere to the following rules on BVD. Animals from non accredited
herds must be blood tested for antibody and antigen and vaccinated
in advance of a sale, through their CHeCS scheme provider. (Discuss
with your vet or health scheme provider.) Animals from accredited herds
must vaccinate their animals before they come to a sale. Pregnant animals
must have had testing and vaccination completed prior to service. In
both the above cases, if animals have not been vaccinated previously,
a double course of vaccine needs to be administered with around a three
week gap between doses. In reality a period of around 6 weeks prior to
sale should be allowed. To allow the vaccine to become effective, animals
should not be sold until at least 2 weeks after the second dose.
4: Johne's disease
All herds to be screening for Johne's disease by 1st January 2012. As
part of Society policy vaccination of animals for Society sales is not
recommended as there is no vaccine licensed in the UK. Members with pedigree & commercial
herds can test their pedigrees only, if they are run separate from the
commercial herd. (In an agreement with their vet or CHeCS scheme provider)
5: Cattle Health Declarations at Sales
Declarations will continue to be put in the index at the front of the
catalogue. NO foot notes will be allowed to contain any health declarations.
NO unofficial cards or statements to be displayed on pens. Members
should apply to their Health Scheme Provider for an animal health declaration
card prior to the sale.
