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An accredited free farm is one which has joined a monitoring scheme for a particular disease
or diseases. Farms undergo repeated and regular testing in order to achieve and maintain their
disease free status. Details for some of the schemes are listed below:
Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS)
is the
regulatory body for Cattle Health Schemes in the UK and
Ireland. It is a non-trading organisation established by the
British cattle industry for the control and eradication of
non-statutory diseases by a set of standards to which all
licensed Cattle Health Schemes must adhere. Cattle herds
can be accredited free from BVD, IBR, Leptospirosis, Johne’s
and Neospora. To find out more visit
www.checs.co.uk
Scottish BVD Eradication Policy
requires all breeding herds to
undertake mandatory annual screening for BVD. The results
of this are available to the public and will indicate whether
a herd is part of an accredited scheme or not. To find out
the BVD risk category of a Scottish herd or the test results
of screened animals go to
www.scoteid.com
The
XLVets BVD FREE
initiative has been developed to
offer practical solutions for BVD control on farm. As part
of this initiative the
BVD Check
database has been created
www.bvdcheck.co.uk
which allows veterinary practices
to upload negative BVD test results for individual animals.
Farmers can then search the
BVD Check
database by ear tag
number to see if there is a corresponding test result for any
animal. For more information visit
www.bvdfree.co.uk
Buying from accredited herds