Anglo Nubian Dairy Goats   

  HOLDBROOK HERD 

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Officially Milk Recorded

* & Q* Milkers

We have won many prestigious British Goat Society  awards

frequently winning milking trials at BGS recognised shows

and awards at the National Breed Shows

The herd excels in butter-fats and protein

We have exported worldwide

 Last updated 1st May 2012

Sire of Merit                                                                                                                        Dam of Excellence

CH §§163/201† Holdbrook Fungus BrCh                                                                                                                                    RM201 Stefash Misty Q*

CAE Whole herd Negative tested, Scrapie Tested Negative  

(Scrapie Monitored status will not be renewed after Sept 2010)

      Whole herd tested TB clear 07/08/2008

 Males standing at stud to CAE negative females only.

2012 kids from following Matings

AR164 Windsinger Juvela Q*4 BrCh AN32133D  mated to   † Ballingall Kassius AN033540D (2 males)

FOR SALE one of these males..!!!

(R102) Nantclyd Tottington AN032941D mated to † Ballingall Kassius AN033540D (1 black female)

(R104) Windsinger Calypso AN033213DA Artificially Inseminated to CH §168/133 Spellborn Knightbird Br Ch AN032505DA

3 females & 1 brown male

AR175 Holdbrook Lunasea *5 HB075066D mated to §120/129† Hurstpier Albahaca AN033769D

4 females and 1 male 

Windsinger Omayinka  AN033812D mated to (§102/201) Brooks Tydirium AN033784D

FOR SALE castrated male kid

Quality Semen for sale, New Males now available for 2012

Semen Available from our two Champions & many others

BGS Licensed Inseminator with high success rate, see our AI kids page!!!!!!!!

What DEFRA enforced tagging can do to goat kids

see below what DERFA say about this type of problem, the last sentence says it all.............If I do not re-tag the black kid she has to be slaughtered!!!!!!!!!!

The Farm and Welfare Council (FAWC) examined the issue of ear tagging (in sheep) last summer. They noted that while there is a higher risk of ear damage following the move in 2008 from single to double identification for sheep (and goats) distress from the application of tags can be minimised if guidance on the use of appropriate tags and application is followed. Defra provides such advice as should suppliers with their products which can be found here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/publications/2011/03/26/sheep-goats-guidance-pb13327/ (page 49).

There are many different types of tags available including lightweight designs and some may be more suitable for your animals than others. A full list of suppliers and their tags is published on the Rural Payment Agency’s website: (http://rpa.defra.gov.uk/rpa/index.nsf/0/A9E79C55F16DB6CC8025765B004F77D5). Suppliers should be contacted to discuss any product specific questions or concerns. The Goat Veterinary Society and the British Goat Society may also be ready to advise. There are of course other potential causes of tag related problems, including when tags are caught in fencing, and from goats nibbling other animals’ tags, etc.

You mentioned your preference for using tattoos. Tattooing as the sole permitted method of official identification ceased in 2005. However, a tattoo can be used together with an ear tag to comply with the requirement to double identify goats kept beyond twelve months of age.

There are other options also which mean only one identifier must be an ear tag. These include using a pastern (leg band) as one of two identifiers (page 25 of the Defra guidance refers). However, while pasterns are a permitted form of identification, no animal ID manufacturer has yet submitted a prototype for approval and accreditation (possibly due to limited demand). Another option is the use of an EID (electronic identification) ruminal bolus with a single ear tag (page 15 of the guidance gives details of this and other EID combinations).

You may also be interested to know that DEFRA has commissioned research into the use of injectable (electronic) identifiers. If this option is approved injectibles would be included within the EID combinations i.e. the other identifier would be an ear tag. Given the timing of the research, and subject to the findings and analyses and public consultation on the options, it is unlikely that injectables could be a permitted form of official identification before mid-late 2013.

You asked how you could show a goat with a damaged ear that could not be re-tagged. The animal should not leave the holding until it can be correctly identified. A replacement tag does not have to be applied until the ear is healed. Alternatively, it may be possible to apply a second tag to the other ear if the damaged ear cannot take a tag once healed. As mentioned above if it has a tag in one ear than a ruminal bolus, or a tattoo (which can be spread across both ears) may be possibilities for the second identifier. If none of these are options then when the animal moves off the holding it would only be in order to go for slaughter, with conditions for its temporary identification agreed with your Local Authority, and the abattoir - who would need to be satisfied as to the traceability of the animal as part of the conditions for entry into the food chain.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Ganzerla
Defra - Customer Contact Unit

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