fbpx
Print this page
Friday, 14 May 2021 08:55

Help manage disease

Written by  Staff Reporters
OSPRI is reminding moving farmers to review their tag management when moving farms. OSPRI is reminding moving farmers to review their tag management when moving farms.

Moving farm or herd? Disease management agency OSPRI is ready to help with your NAIT and TB management obligations.

The 'moving day' period is generally the busiest time of the year for stock relocating with around two million animals moving nationwide.

This situation heightens the risk of disease spread so it is essential farmers moving herds or farm are ready and prepared.

Moving farmers are required to register a new NAIT number for their new location and record a movement for animals in the NAIT online system.

Dairy farmers and sharemilkers should also review their tag management when moving farms. Any unused dairy participant code NAIT tags will need to be reassigned to the new location.

"The OSPRI Contact Centre can reassign these tags to a new NAIT location number because the participant code printed on the tags refers to a herd, not a location," says head of traceability Kevin Forward.

"However, if your tags have a NAIT location number printed on them, they cannot be re-assigned. So, if you have stockpiled NAIT tags, you will be unable to use them at your new location.

"If taking over an existing NAIT number, farmers can use tags that have been left by an outgoing manager when they become the registered PICA (person in charge of animals) at that NAIT location.

"When farmers manage their NAIT tags and register their animals properly, it is easier to trace animals, and where they've been.

"This way you are supporting national biosecurity and the effectiveness of a potential disease response," says Forward.

More like this

M. bovis - we need to be vigilant

From November 1, 2023, Ministry for Primary Industries’ Mycoplasma bovis Eradication Programme has been contracted out to disease management agency OSPRI, as it enters a long-term surveillance phase.

OSPRI CEO resigns

OSPRI is searching for a new chief executive following the decision by Steve Stuart to resign after a five-year tenure.

OSPRI takes over M. bovis programme

OSPRI – the government agency that manages animal disease and pest control in the farming industry – has taken over the day-to-day control of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication programme.

OSPRI takes over M. bovis work

From this month OSPRI took over day-to-day operational and disease control functions of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) programme.

Featured

Dairy sheep and goat turmoil

Dairy sheep and goat farmers are being told to reduce milk supply as processors face a slump in global demand for their products.

Hurry up and slow down!

OPINION: We have good friends from way back who had lived in one of our major cities for many years.

Editorial: Passage to India

OPINION: Even before the National-led coalition came into power, India was very much at the fore of its trade agenda.

National

Govt urged to reduce ETS units

The Climate Change Commission wants the new Government to reduce NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) auction volumes as son as…

Dairy sheep, goat woes mount

Dairy sheep and goat farmers are being told to reduce milk supply as processors face a slump in global demand…

Machinery & Products

All-terrain fert spreading mode

Effluent specialists the Samson Group have developed a new double unloading system to help optimise uphill and downhill organic fertiliser…

Can-Am showcases range

Based on industry data collected by the Motor Industry Association, Can-Am is the number one side-by-side manufacturer in New Zealand.