SAN ANGELO – A switch from plastic to metal ear tags could spell trouble for sheep shearers and the animals they shear if the tags are incorrectly applied, said a ...

Below is a May 2 news release from the Texas Animal Health Commission regarding the new national sheep and goat identification and record-keeping requirements that have gone into effect. I ...

USDA issues new national sheep and goat identification and record-keeping requirements. Published 3:45 pm Wednesday, May 8, 2019. By Clint Perkins, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service recently quit providing free plastic scrapie program ear tags to the sheep and goat community as a cost-saving measure ...

Although scrapie has never been linked with humans, recent publicity surrounding TSEs, coupled with limited scientific knowledge about these diseases, has heightened public concerns. Sheep and goat ...

The USDA has announced changes to their regulations and program standards regarding scrapie, a fatal and contagious disease that affects the nervous system of sheep and goats. Efforts are being ...

Sheep and goat producers have been required to identify animals leaving the farm of origin since ... Official ID of Sheep and Goats using official USDA Scrapie Eradication ear tags is required for.

LAKEWOOD — The Colorado Department of Agriculture reminds Colorado producers to tag and identify their sheep and goats for scrapie prior to a change of ownership or going to a livestock show ...

Genetics Research Helps Scuttle Scrapie Date: January 3, 2007 Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service Summary: More accurate genetic tests for diagnosing scrapie disease in sheep have been ...

But little-known scrapie turned out to be central in the spread of mad cow disease. Many believe mad cow was created and spread by feeding parts of scrapie-infected sheep brains and nervous tissue ...

LAKEWOOD â The Colorado Department of Agriculture has received a grant extension by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help sheep producers with the cost of testing their herds for scrapie ...