Biosecurity & Purchasing Beef Replacements

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Purchased stock (or stock returning from shows) must be held away from all other cattle for a minimum period of:

	Three days
	One week
	Two weeks
	Three weeks
	Four weeks

Bulls from the major breeding sales will have a declaration covering all but which one of the diseases listed below:

	Bovine virus diarrhoea (BVD)
	Leptospirosis,
	Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)
	Anthrax
	Johne's disease.

Disease risk is reduced by:

	Hiring bulls rather than purchase
	Buying cows with calves at foot
	Buying older cows
	Buying mature bulls with a proven fertility performance
	Maintaining a closed herd

Should a replacement bull prove necessary, disease risk is reduced by purchasing:

	A maiden bull
	An old bull
	A bull from a neighbouring farm
	Buying a mature bull with a proven fertility performance
	A bull imported from another EU country

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