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B. INDUCTING A NEWLY PURCHASED ANIMAL INTO THE HERD
Quarantine (Isolating the animal)
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The newly purchased animal should be kept in isolation without contact with the other
animals atleast for 3 weeks. One should attend to the newly purchased animal only after
attending the herd.
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Avoid attending to your herd after contact with the newly purchased animal without a
proper wash and cloth change.
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Carry out routine deworming, fluke treatment (based on endemicity) and vaccination during
the period of quarantine.
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For lactating animals, milk the newly purchased animal separately and, only after milking all
the other animals in the herd.
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Always adopt an “all-in all-out” system, clean and disinfect the quarantine area before
inducting another animal(s).
Testing during quarantine
The following tests should be performed while in quarantine.
1. For in-milk animals, test for sub-clinical mastitis (SCM)– If found positive, they should be
treated and retested till negative results are obtained. In case these animals do not become
negative for SCM on subsequent tests, they are most probably chronically infected.
2. Test for brucella
3. Test for bovine TB (bTB)
4. Test for Johne’s Disease (JD)
If the animals are positive to any of the above tests, it should not be inducted into your herd.
Maintain these animals separately and dispose off at the earliest. There is no cure for these
diseases and these are easily transmitted to healthy animals on contact. The following regional
laboratories may be contacted for further information:
Note: An animal testing negative does not necessarily mean it is free from disease
For Northern region
1. Joint Director, Centre for Animal Disease
Research and Diagnosis (CADRAD),
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
(IVRI), Izatnagar– 243122
2. Joint Director and In-charge Northern
Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory,
Jallandhar, Punjab
For Southern region
Joint Director
Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary
Biologicals
Hebbal, Bangalore - 24
For Western region
Joint Director
Western Regional Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory
Aundh, Pune-411 007
For Eastern region
1.
Joint Director
Eastern Regional Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory, Kolkata-700 037
2.
Deputy Director
North Eastern Regional Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory
Khanapura, Guwahati-781 022
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The local veterinarian should be contacted for taking samples for the test or testing the
animals (bTB/JD) and for any other advise. Many State animal husbandry departments also
do the tests in their laboratories.
Proper quarantine will protect your herd from diseases