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Health
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SOCIETY SALE HEALTH ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
1. All vendors need not be a member of a CHeCS recognised Health Scheme, but the Society does
still require your individual animals to be tested, prior to sale.
All animals entered must be:-
a) Pre-sale blood tested (or PCR culture tested if a blood test is likely to conflict with a recent Bovine
TB test) for Johnes disease, within 3 months of the sale; animals testing positive cannot be
entered and presented for sale. Exclusions being animals from a Risk Level One (Accredited)
herd or is under one year
b) Pre sale blood tested for BVD to exclude any 'P I's'; the exception being accredited herds; animals
testing positive cannot be entered and presented for sale. All animals must be vaccinated against
BVD
c) As from 1st July 2020, a copy of the test results for BVD and Johnes MUST accompany
each individual animal's entry into a sale. No entries will be accepted without this
information
c) All vendors give the Society/Auctioneers the right to verify all health data supplied with the
vendors Health Scheme provider and by signing the Herd Health Declaration form, the onus in
on the vendor to ensure that the information provided is correct.
The Society reserves the right to conduct random blood tests on any animal entered for sale for illicit
substances. All animals on Appeal, which have been rejected for mobility, will have a blood sample
taken, with the Society reserving the right to send this for analysis at its discretion.
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