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What are my responsibilities if I enroll in
the "Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program?"
When participating in the program, flock owners must:
- Records:
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Establish and maintain records. Owners must
account for all acquisitions, departures,
births, and deaths. Records must be retained
for a minimum of 5 years after an animal
dies or is removed from the flock.
- Allow breed associations and registries,
livestock markets, and packers to disclose
records to APHIS and/or State animal health
officials and State Scrapie Certification
Board members.
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- Reporting:
- Agree to immediately report scrapie-suspect
animals to the proper animal health official.
- Report to the State Certification Board
acquisitions of sheep from flocks with lower
status or from flocks not participating
in the program.
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- Identification:
- Officially identify all
animals within a flock that are 1 year of
age or older. Animals less than 1 year old
must be identified whenever a change of
ownership occurs, except for those in slaughter
channels.
- Submit to an official laboratory tissues
from scrapie-suspect animals and from animals
suspected of having other neurologic or
chronic, debilitating illnesses.
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- Cooperation
- Allow State,
Federal, and Scrapie Certification Board
representatives to enter premises to carry
out program procedures.
- Provide necessary facilities and personnel
to assist in inspections by APHIS representatives
and/or State officials:
- checking animals for official identification
and signs of scrapie, and
- checking records for completeness
and accuracy
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