Having our veterinarian contact the herd's veterinarian to discuss possible red flags for herd health can often reveal additional items of concern. There may be diseases within the herd you want to avoid. There also may be diseases within your own herd which you will need to vaccinate the in-coming animals for to prevent them from becoming sick upon entrance into the herd. I mplement a quarantine period. Upon entering the herd, animals should be kept in a quarantine pen away from the core herd.
Animals can contact diseases during transport.
The stress of transport may also cause subclinical disease to break and make detection possible. Producers should discuss quarantine time with their herd veterinarian. C onfine trucks and off facility traffic to certain areas of the facility. This includes animal transport vehicles, sales, consultant vehicles, and tallow trucks. These vehicles visit numerous facilities and may be avenues for disease movement.