BIO SECURITY
What is Bio Security and why do we have it?
Bio Security are measures that we put into place to help ensure that no disease comes into our farms, and if it does it is contained quickly, and eradicated.
I'm going to share with you the Bio Security measures that we have in place to protect our farm land, and livestock from diseases, and bacterial agents.
We have very strict Bio Security protocols in place. While we don't have as many in place as some of the larger farms, we do have some that we deem very important to protect our land and animals. Learn about these below.
Protocol 1- Zones, we have a public zone, which is our driveway. We have semi restricted zones in which our hoof trimmer and veterinarian can go in, as well as pens, and restricted zones which are our barns. No one goes in these except us so we can ensure no disease is brought into our barns especially our kidding barn.
Protocol 2- Quarantine, we quarantine and test all new incoming goats for a minimum of 2 weeks, until testing comes back clear and we are sure they are not sick. We also quarantine and test for johnes any goats who have gone to a show, quarantine is 30 days. Also any animal who is sick for any reason is put into quarantine as to not spread to the rest of the herd. If we were to ever get an abscess that animal would be quarantined and the pus tested.
Protocol 3- Testing, We test mainly for our own peace of mind, and knowing that we have a healthy herd, and kids we sell are healthy going into their new herds. We believe in testing to also keep the wilds safe. If any animal were to pop a positive that animal is quarantined and retested(cae), or hard culled (euthanized for Johnes, slaughtered for meat for cae, euthanized for c.l) we do NOT mess around with keeping positive animals on the property. They are culled as soon as possible!! If this animal has been in the herd we would close the farm to further sales for at least 1 year to do more testing, maybe longer. If its a new animal in quarantine then further herd testing is not required since there would be no exposure to the herd.