2009 Montana BVD-PI Herd Screening Project - Getting Started
- Complete the BVD Herd Biosecurity Project "Risk Assessment" and go to the "Recommended Action Plan."
- If you have any questions call Clint Peck, Mo Harbac or Bruce Hoffman (contact info below).
- Download or print the 2009 BVD-PI Herd Screening Project Application and submit it to: Montana BQA Program, P.O. Box 172900, Bozeman, MT 59717 or fax to 406-994-5025.
- Once we receive the application you will be sent a sample submission kit including:
- Red top serum tubes for individual ear-notch samples.
- Complete sampling/submission instructions and tissue sample submission form(s).
- Once samples are collected, samples should be sent to API, the collaborating laboratory according to instructions on the sample submission form.
Costs PAID BY THE PRODUCER
"Ear–notch" tissue screening costs: $2.40 per sample submitted.
The participant will pay for:
- All screening costs (above). You will be billed by our collaborating laboratory.
- Re-test costs in positive pools are included in the above price.
- All shipping costs for samples to the laboratory.
Please contact us if these costs are not clear to you!!!
Additional ear-notches do not need to be submitted for re-testing purposes. Once an animal is identified as a carrier of the virus, the livestock owner/manager will be notified and further measures will be discussed. We suggest that the animal (and its dam, if still nursing) be segregated from the herd and held for re-sampling 3-4 weeks later.
For more information contact:
Clint Peck, Director, Montana Beef Quality Assurance, Ph: 406-896-9068 (office)
406-671-0851 (mobile); cpeck@montana.edu
Dr. Bruce Hoffman, President, Animal Profiling International, Inc., DVM
Manhattan, Mt, Ph: 406-282-7414; bwh@animalprofiling.com
Mo Harbac, Montana Beef Network Program Assistant
406-994-4323 / 406-579-0976 (mobile) mharbac@montana.edu
Montana Beef Quality Assurance,
821 N. 27th St., PMB 159,
Billings, MT 59101,
406-896-9068(o), 406-671-0851(m)
cpeck@montana.edu
Montana Beef Network,
119 Linfield Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717,
406-994-4323,
mharbac@montana.edu