Changes in protocol for quarantine of Scandinavian sheep imports

Authors: Jackson R
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 35, Issue 11, pp 196, Nov 1987
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Import/export/trade, Disease control/eradication
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: An article headed “Scandinavian Sheep Imports, Breaches in Quarantine Standards” appeared in the Southland Times on 20th August 1987. This article reported that animals which had been imported by Animal Enterprises from Scandinavia had been shifted from their primary quarantine site in Auckland to two properties in the Manawatu. The quarantine protocols regarding these sheep were agreed to initially by a Veterinary Subcommittee and subsequently by the whole Maximum Security Advisory Committee. I was the N.Z.V.A representative on this M.S.Q.A. Committee and a member of the Veterinary Subcommittee. A significant requirement in this protocol of October 1985 was that “The imported sheep and any progeny by natural increase will be held in a primary isolation area located in an urban situation for the duration of their lives. Only washed embryos and semen will be allowed to be transferred to the secondary isolation area(s)”. This requirement went a long way to allay my reservations about this particular importation. I had opposed the original proposal which involved…

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