Re: [Alpacasite] Anyone giving BVD vaccine?

Out of curiosity, are you absolutely certain this cria is PI? I understand
it is very possible to get false positives to the testing..........bovine
tests, I believe??

Barrie Hanslip
Sooke, BC

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Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] Anyone giving BVD vaccine?

>
>
> Neil
> Unless you have tested your herd, I don't think you can make the statement
> "No BVD here." It is a fallacy that all PI crias are sick. A PI cria
> born on
> our farm in September is almost 3 months old now (no longer on my farm
> but
> at a horse farm where it can be studied) and she is the "picture of
> health".
> Never had diarrhea or a temperature, never lethargic; races around the
> field
> like a race horse. It is only because another cria was sick that we
> tested
> the herd for BVD and identified this girl as PI. PI cows can live and
> reproduce for many years.

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