Precautions & Prevention

• We clean water bowls and feeding troughs often.
  
• We remove all manure and other organic materials to prevent disease/sickness in living quarters.
  
• We do not allow people to enter our facilities.
  (barn, pastures, pens, trailers, will be considered trespassing without permission.)
• We only purchase from herds who have history of practicing correct and strict bio-security measures and can provide recent results.
• We have asked farms to test prior to finalizing purchase of specific animals (at our expense).
• If animals are taken off the farm for any reason, whether it be to a goat show or vet -- those animals are sprayed down full-body and hooves with a pet-safe and veterinarian-grade disinfectant. (Rescue™)
• We do not offer buck/stud services to the general public.
  
• We refuse to buy from farms that raise other breeds besides dairy.
  
• We do not own or house barn cats.
  

How do we practice Biosecurity for new additions?

• Any new additions are quarantined immediately. 
  
• We handle the new animals last with chores.
  
• We wear different clothes and shoes in the quarantined animal's space.
  
• We keep separate equipment for quarantined animals and our preexisting herd -- Always disinfecting after use.
• Quarantined animals are tested within/at the end of 30days.
  
• It is advised to quarantine for 30days, but we do practice quarantine for 60-90 days if at all possible.
•  We have tested to recheck results and will test, if needed, other sources besides blood. Such as: culture testing for CL, Fecal PCR tests for Johnes if needed, necropsy, etc.