Premium Cattle Health Scheme

Measures To Prevent Introduction Of Infectious Agents Causing Specific Diseases

If the introduction of specific diseases (eg IBR, BVD, Leptospirosis or Johne's disease) is to be prevented, such as in a health scheme, the health security must be tailored to these diseases.

Details of specific preventative measures for diseases included in the Premium Cattle Health Scheme are found in the comprehensive set of rules available on request.

Most of these measures are in fact included in the Health Security : General Measures page, however, different routes of spread are more important for some diseases than others. For example, airborne spread is much more likely with IBR than Johne's disease.

So there is a requirement in the rules for 3 metre spaced double fencing bordering neighbouring farms for the IBR scheme but not the Johne's disease scheme.

A quarantine period of 4 weeks suffices for IBR, BVD and Leptospirosis but not for Johne's disease where 4 months is required.