{"id":718,"date":"2014-09-26T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criagenesis.cc\/?p=718"},"modified":"2015-12-06T02:44:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T02:44:17","slug":"did-you-buy-an-alpaca-last-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/did-you-buy-an-alpaca-last-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you buy an alpaca last weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are introducing new alpacas onto your farm, don&#8217;t forget to isolate them when they arrive as part of your biosecurity plan. Have a look at: <a title=\"Farm Biosecurity Toolkit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farmbiosecurity.com.au\/toolkit\/plans-manuals\/national-farm-biosecurity-reference-manual-grazing-livestock-production\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.farmbiosecurity.com.au\/toolkit\/plans-manuals\/national-farm-biosecurity-reference-manual-grazing-livestock-production\/<\/a> and specifically implement the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Check animals for health status before purchasing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Purchase livestock from suppliers who have a food safety or quality assurance program, and can provide information about animal treatments and the health status of their animals \u2013 such as National Vendor Declaration (NVD) and\/or Animal Health Statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Segregate, observe and treat (as required) newly introduced animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure introduced livestock have had time to empty out prior to release from the yards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For livestock that leave and return to the property (e.g., following shows, agistment, contract joining) assess their vulnerability to infection, hygiene arrangements and contact with other livestock while away. If risky, separate. Observe and treat (if needed) the animals before returning them to companions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inspect and maintain adequate boundary fences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep vulnerable stock away from livestock of unknown health status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Follow the NLIS requirements specific to species and jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">1.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take additional precautions if buying through saleyards as these represent a high biosecurity risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are introducing new alpacas onto your farm, don&#8217;t forget to isolate them when they arrive as part of your biosecurity plan. Have a look at: http:\/\/www.farmbiosecurity.com.au\/toolkit\/plans-manuals\/national-farm-biosecurity-reference-manual-grazing-livestock-production\/ and specifically implement the&#8230; <a class=\"moretag hidemob\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/did-you-buy-an-alpaca-last-weekend\/\"> read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}