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02-20-2015, 05:49 PM
If you are going to be doing it all legal you will need a scrapies premises ID but you dont have to do ear tags. You can do tattoos. We get around this but they dont really like it by having a registered herd name through the American Dairy Goat Assoc.
Each state is a little different in what they want you to have in terms of health certificates. For example, Oregon wants you to have not only a health certificate but a permit as well. The crappy thing there is the permit is only good for 15 days while certificates are good for 30 days. You can only get a health certificate from a vet who comes out to your house and looks over your goats. For the most part its just a visual inspection. But I have heard there are a few states that want blood tests but cant confirm that. In any event, your vet will know the numbers to call to figure out what a state needs. So your first step is to get your scrapies ID / contact a livestock vet. A pet vet will rob you blind and most likely wont know what to do anyways.
Each state is a little different in what they want you to have in terms of health certificates. For example, Oregon wants you to have not only a health certificate but a permit as well. The crappy thing there is the permit is only good for 15 days while certificates are good for 30 days. You can only get a health certificate from a vet who comes out to your house and looks over your goats. For the most part its just a visual inspection. But I have heard there are a few states that want blood tests but cant confirm that. In any event, your vet will know the numbers to call to figure out what a state needs. So your first step is to get your scrapies ID / contact a livestock vet. A pet vet will rob you blind and most likely wont know what to do anyways.