Calf sale at Ballymena Mart, Co Antrim. \ Houston Green
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The bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) status of animals tested from both the voluntary and compulsory phases of the BVD eradication programme are to be displayed on DAERA’s computer system, APHIS, from 12 February.
This will allow herd keepers to view the BVD status of animals on APHIS or on a herd list from DAERA. It will also notify mart staff if a BVD positive animal is brought to a mart and will allow movement restrictions to be imposed.
For cattle born after 1 March 2016, only animals that tested BVD negative can move either through a livestock market, directly into another herd or be exported.
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The same movement restrictions apply to cattle born before 1 March 2016 that have tested BVD positive or inconclusive, or are the dam of a persistently infected (PI) calf or the offspring of a PI.
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The bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) status of animals tested from both the voluntary and compulsory phases of the BVD eradication programme are to be displayed on DAERA’s computer system, APHIS, from 12 February.
This will allow herd keepers to view the BVD status of animals on APHIS or on a herd list from DAERA. It will also notify mart staff if a BVD positive animal is brought to a mart and will allow movement restrictions to be imposed.
For cattle born after 1 March 2016, only animals that tested BVD negative can move either through a livestock market, directly into another herd or be exported.
The same movement restrictions apply to cattle born before 1 March 2016 that have tested BVD positive or inconclusive, or are the dam of a persistently infected (PI) calf or the offspring of a PI.
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