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Break Free from BVD

BVDFree England National BVD Elimination Scheme

Break Free from BVD

Contents

• Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus
• BVDFree Scheme
• What it is
• How it works
• Resources to support the scheme

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BVD – What is it?

• A highly contagious viral disease of cattle
• One of the biggest disease issues facing

the UK cattle industry

• Signs aren’t always obvious – costs can

be hidden

• Direct = reproductive losses
• Indirect = secondary diseases

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BVD – What is it?

• Persistently Infected animals = the main

source of infection

• The only way to be certain if an animal is PI

is to TEST!

• PIs often account for only 1 or 2 out of every

100 animals in a herd

• PIs shed high quantities of virus for life

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BVDFree Scheme – What is it?

• First National BVD elimination scheme in

ENGLAND

• Voluntary and industry-led
• Elimination is possible – already done in

Scandinavia

• Coordination with other national schemes –

Scotland, N.Ireland, Ireland and Wales (once launched)

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BVDFree Scheme - How it works

• 1. By registering you agree to all 4 steps:
• Actively engage in BVD control in order to eliminate the

disease from your herd

• Report all BVD testing results from your herd to the national

database (25p for Tag & test; 50p for antibody test from 1st Nov)

• Allow herd status and/or individual animal status to be openly

accessible through the BVDFree database (no details of farm name or keeper are shown)

• Do not move Persistently Infected (PI) animals other than

directly to slaughter (or through a dedicated red slaughter market)

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• 2. Set up a BVDFree programme on farm:
• Assess the level of biosecurity and disease risk on

farm

• Define the BVD status of your herd
• Action plan for control of BVD on farm put in place
• Monitor progress – annual status check

BVDFree Scheme - How it works

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BVDFree Scheme - How it works

• 3. Identify the BVD status of your herd OR

individual animals

• Test for virus (antigen)
• tissue (tag and test), blood, milk
• Test for antibody
• blood, milk

All test results are uploaded to the national database

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BVDFree Scheme - How it works

• 4. Check animal and herd results

INDIVIDUALS

• enter official tag number

‘negative’/ ‘not negative’ HERD

• enter CPH number

NOTE – a negative status is displayed ONLY for those herds that are CHeCS accredited until sufficient testing has been performed for a herd

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BVDFree – How it works

• Joining the scheme is FREE
• Charges are made to upload results onto

the database

– 25p per test for antigen test results – 50p per test for antibody test results

– Charges are to cover cost of setting up/ running national database and BVDFree Helpdesk

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Resources and further information

• Website bvdfree.org.uk
• Email help@bvdfree.org.uk
• Twitter @BVDFree #BVDFree
• Cattle Health Certification Standards

(CHeCS) www.checs.co.uk

• BVDFree Supporters

bvdfree.org.uk/statement-of-intent/

Contact your vet for more information about BVD elimination on your farm

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Acknowledgements

• Emeritus Professor Joe Brownlie FRCVS, RVC, London
• Richard Booth MRCVS, RVC, London
• Keith Cutler MRCVS, Endell Veterinary Group
• Derek Armstrong MRCVS, AHDB
• AHDB, AHI, AHWNI, Biobest, CHeCS, SAC, Scottish

Government

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