HEALTH REQUIREMENTS NEWELL RAM SALE • 218 E 2ND ST NEWELL SD 57760 (Current requirements; subject to change.)
Must be present with health papers at 6pm! Please use above address on health papers.
ALL SHEEP consigned to the Newell Sale must have the following:
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All Breeds can be listed on one Health Certificate.
2. Two (2) copies of Health Certificates (per consignor not per sheep) either interstate or intrastate. 3. Must be individually identified by an official Scrapie ID tag and listed to correspond with sale lot number (painted on), we encourage large plastic tag. 4. ALL RAMS must be palpated and Elisa tested for Brucella-ovis within 30 days of sale date or originate from a B-ovis free flock. 5. Individual codon test results for black-faced sheep. All Black-Faced sheep must be genetically tested for Scrapie susceptibility and must draw the sample and put the results on the health certificate. Testing must be done at an APHIS approved laboratory.
STATEMENTS to be written on the health certificate:
Scrapie – to the best of my knowledge sale sheep and flock of origin have not be infected, exposed, source, or trace flock for Scrapie within past five years. *This statement to be signed by owner. Sale Sheep and flock of origin have been inspected within 30 days and are free from clinical signs of infectious foot rot. * This statement to be signed by inspecting veterinarian. The minimum scrotal circumference for Yearling Rams must be 33 cm. and for lambs 30 cm. Sheep must be examined by screening committee. Consignors may pen and number their sheep anytime Wednesday before 6:00 PM. At 6:00 PM the vet and members of board will conduct health checks in assigned pens. Consign- ors must be present during this health check or they will not be allowed to show or sell.
Any Ram or Ewe with blemish, scab, wound, lesion or ulceration of the repro- ductive tract, mouth or legs will not be allowed in show and sale.
Screening committee may reject any or all entries. Screened animals will NOT be sold privately on the grounds and may NOT be replaced by an extra sheep. ALL SHEEP , except lambs, are to be machine shorn after March 1. Sheep with extra-long wool will be disqualified. Health certificates for within the United States will be issued to the buyer pri- or to leaving the sale, depending on the livestock regulations of the state they enter. Export health requirements are the responsibility of the purchaser. (Any health questions, call your veterinarian or Sandra Holcomb D.V.M. 605-642-3422.)
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