Post by mulawin on May 31, 2010 0:50:22 GMT -8
Below please find Department of Agriculture's directive on CAE prevention. It is good practice that before you purchase any goat from any breeder from anywhere here or abroad to make sure you get CAE certificate for the goats you are aquiring. Better yet, get a copy of the certificate prior to making any payment. Alaminos Goat Farm and Bohol Goat Farm are two breeders who get their goats tested for CAE prior to release of goats. I am sure most of the goats from Visayas and Mindanao bound for Luzon are tested for CAE because it is one of the DA requirements before they are allowed transport either by ship or plane.
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, Diliman
1101 Quezon City, Philippines
MEMORANDUM
TO: REGIONAL FIELD UNITS AND ALL CONCERNED
FROM: THE SECRETARY
Department of Agriculture
DATE: July 21, 2008
SUBJECT:ADVISORY ON THE PREVENTION, CONTROL AND
MANAGEMENT OF CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS
(CAE) IN SHEEP AND GOATS
In view of the increasing incidence of CAE, the following prevention,
control and management procedures are hereby issued:
1. All sheep and goats (six (6) months and above) for breeding
intended for transport shall be inspected and tested negative for CAE prior to
issuance of shipping permit.
2. Testing shall be done at the Philippine Animal Health Center
(PAHC) or at any of the Department of Agriculture (DA) –Regional
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratories (RADDL) capable of using ELISA
Test: DA, RFU- RADDL II,III,VII,VIII, and IX.
3. Laboratory testing of animals for CAE in all the diagnostic
laboratories of DA shall be free of charge starting July until
December 2008 and fifty percent (50%) of the testing free shall be
subsidized by the Government from January 2009 to December 2009.
4. The test results will have a validity of 6 months and shall
be used for single shipment only. Tests shall however be repeated if
same animals shall be transported to another farm or locality
5. Should there be reactors on the animals tested, the
following are hereby recommended to be undertaken by the farms were
the positive animals originated:
a. Isolate kids after birth. They shall be raised in separate
quarters from does and fed with:
i. cow's milk or milk replacer until weaning;
ii. milk from a healthy or CAE seronegative doe.
b. Test all kids at 6 months of age and periodically (semi-
annually) thereafter to insure there seronegative status .
c. Identify and segregate seronegative from seropositive animals.
d. Cull seropositive animals. This is the best way of
controlling the disease.
e. Disinfect common equipment used in the farm with phenolic or
quarternary ammonium compounds as the need arises.
For your compliance,
ARTHUR C. YAP
Secretary
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, Diliman
1101 Quezon City, Philippines
MEMORANDUM
TO: REGIONAL FIELD UNITS AND ALL CONCERNED
FROM: THE SECRETARY
Department of Agriculture
DATE: July 21, 2008
SUBJECT:ADVISORY ON THE PREVENTION, CONTROL AND
MANAGEMENT OF CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS
(CAE) IN SHEEP AND GOATS
In view of the increasing incidence of CAE, the following prevention,
control and management procedures are hereby issued:
1. All sheep and goats (six (6) months and above) for breeding
intended for transport shall be inspected and tested negative for CAE prior to
issuance of shipping permit.
2. Testing shall be done at the Philippine Animal Health Center
(PAHC) or at any of the Department of Agriculture (DA) –Regional
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratories (RADDL) capable of using ELISA
Test: DA, RFU- RADDL II,III,VII,VIII, and IX.
3. Laboratory testing of animals for CAE in all the diagnostic
laboratories of DA shall be free of charge starting July until
December 2008 and fifty percent (50%) of the testing free shall be
subsidized by the Government from January 2009 to December 2009.
4. The test results will have a validity of 6 months and shall
be used for single shipment only. Tests shall however be repeated if
same animals shall be transported to another farm or locality
5. Should there be reactors on the animals tested, the
following are hereby recommended to be undertaken by the farms were
the positive animals originated:
a. Isolate kids after birth. They shall be raised in separate
quarters from does and fed with:
i. cow's milk or milk replacer until weaning;
ii. milk from a healthy or CAE seronegative doe.
b. Test all kids at 6 months of age and periodically (semi-
annually) thereafter to insure there seronegative status .
c. Identify and segregate seronegative from seropositive animals.
d. Cull seropositive animals. This is the best way of
controlling the disease.
e. Disinfect common equipment used in the farm with phenolic or
quarternary ammonium compounds as the need arises.
For your compliance,
ARTHUR C. YAP
Secretary