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- Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Blue Tongue
- Replies: 64
- Views: 46499
A cousin used to export sheep to France in years gone by. They had to be inspected twice during a 28 day quarantine period before travelling. Someone needs to ask why this isn't being done. EU free trade regulations are fine when dealing with video's and cheap booze, but hopeless when dealing with ...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Runaway Cattle - Advice Please
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44753
I just found this on the web - Section 59 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 bans bulls of recognised dairy breeds (Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry) in all circumstances from being at large in fields crossed by public rights of way. B...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Runaway Cattle - Advice Please
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44753
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: TB Testing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11981
My local DEFRA livestock officer helped me find a cheap crush. One of his friends/neighbours had one lying in a hedge. OK it needed a new floor - I used garden decking - and some general cleaning up and repainting, but it all works including the weighing system. I paid £50 for the crush and it cost...
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Blue tongue vaccine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9220
Sorry that this is not positive info, but my brother - who is a vet - informed me when he injected our Dexters that his practice has had two Alpaca's die after administering the blue tongue vaccine. Their temperature's rose dramatically after the vaccination and they died the next day. A friend had...
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Straw
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14837
- Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Straw
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14837
I'm a bit of a hybrid. A Dexter owner, a farm machinery engineer who used to design balers and my family had a hay and straw business. Round straw bales usually weigh about 150 - 200 kg. Actual weight depends on how tight the operator makes the bale. There are less and less farmers who are prepared...
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Straw
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14837
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: BT at Lewes and Hemmel Hempstead 27.08.08
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7555
My family has been involved in livestock exports and I was under the impression that stock had to be quarantined for 28 days and checked by a vet at least twice in that period before export. So why is that not being done? Free trade of inert goods is one thing but livestock is totally different. To...