Newsletter No. 73 - Longhorn Cattle Society

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Page 4 Longhorn Newsletter Issue 73 CHECS ACCREDITED HEALTH SCHEMES Have you ever considered registering your herd with a health scheme? WHY IMPROVE YOUR HERD HEALTH STATUS? Many herds in the UK have a good standard of health, having worked with their vets over a number of years to control mastitis, lameness, fertility and production diseases. Further improvements are happening with the introduction of Herd Health Plans to meet the requirements of Farm Assurance Schemes. Beef and dairy herds have already achieved freedom from many of the diseases subject to state control, such as Brucellosis and EBL. Strict controls to keep out highly infectious diseases, like Foot & Mouth, are now widely understood and practiced; but many herds still do not know their own particular health status for BVD, IBR, Lepto and Johne's. Many European countries have either eradicated, or have embarked upon national control and eradication programmes for BVD, IBR, Lepto and Johne's disease. If we do not keep pace with these improvements we will find ourselves, as individual herd owners, unable to compete in the UK or with the rest of Europe. Herd health will increasingly become a consumer-led issue, which could prevent milk or beef being sold from non-compliant farms. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? DISEASE CONTROL A greater public awareness of farming methods has resulted in ever mounting pressure to reduce the use of antibiotics and other treatments in all herds, not just those which are organic. This means that greatly improved methods of disease control are now very much more necessary than in the past. Testing to the standards of CHeCS licensed Cattle Health Scheme is the first step forward to achieving this. FINANCIAL GAIN Controlling the considerable problems caused by disease will show a very noticeable reduction in annual losses. For example, it is known that in just 10 years, uncontrolled BVD in a 100 cow herd can cost at least £45,000, and for Johne's Disease more than £20,000 HERD HEALTH PROTECTION CHeCS licensed Cattle Health Schemes advise straight forward health measures, specifically designed to protect the herd from re-infection. These are equally effective in keeping out other infectious diseases such as Bovine TB, Digital dermatitis, and Strep. agalactiae mastitis. CHeCS herd health planning is especially effective in protecting the overall health, welfare and profitability of the herd. RECOGNISED CERTIFICATION OF HERD HEALTH Buying cattle only from herds that are known to be healthy is becoming ever more important. In this respect, herds in CHeCS licensed Cattle Health Schemes are able to provide an owner's declaration of health status. This gives buyers the confidence that they are not buying in disease. Testing cattle to the CHeCS recognised standard, results in a health certificate, which is a trade-able asset of added value
Issue 73 Longhorn Newsletter Page 5 CHECS ACCREDITED HEALTH SCHEMES Advance Cattle Health Scheme NationWide Laboratories Leeds Gate Way Drive, Yeadon Leeds, LS19 7XY Tel: 0113 250 7556 Fax: 0113 250 0198 Email: nwl.leeds@lvlabs.co.uk www.lvlabs.co.uk AFBI Cattle Health Scheme Agri-Food Biosciences Division Veterinary Sciences Division Stoney Road, Stormont Belfast, BT4 3SD Tel: 02890 525 749 Fax: 02890 525 787 Email: info@afbini.gov.uk www.afbini.gov.uk Biobest Hi health Herdcare Biobest Laboratories Limited 6 Charles Darwin House The Edinburgh Technopole Milton Bridge Nr Penicuik, EH26 0PY Tel. 0131 440 2628 Fax. 0131 440 9587 E-mail: herdcare@biobest.co.uk www.biobest.co.uk NML Herdwise National Milk Laboratories Woodthorne, Wergs Road Wolverhampton, WV6 8TQ Tel: 01902 749920 Fax: 01902 749938 Email: milk@nationalmilklabs.co.uk Www.nationalmilklaboratories.co.uk Premium Cattle Health Scheme SAC Veterinary Services Greycrook, St Boswells Roxburghshire, TD6 0EU Email: pchs1@btconnect.com Www.cattlehealth.co.uk VLA Herdsure Cattle Health Improvement Service VLA Luddington Luddington, Stratford on Avon Warwickshire, CV37 9SJ Tel: 01789 750972 Fax: 01789 750281 Email: herdsure.LSLuddington@vla.defra.gsi.gov .uk Www.vla.gov.uk Munster Herd Health Munster Al Farm Services Group Ltd Ballyvorisheen, Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 22 45228 Fax: +353 22 31010 Email: herdhealth@munsterai.ie
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