HIGHER RISK
MODERATE RISK
LOWER RISK
Purchasing stock
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The biggest disease risk to your flock is through the purchase of new animals. Even apparently
healthy animals can be carriers of disease.
Please tick
boxes relevant to your current farm practice.
Please tick boxes if there are any lower risk practices you could adopt.
Closed flock
Use home bred replacements
Use AI to introduce new genetics
Purchase from accredited sources
Buy in occasionally
Purchases limited to small numbers
Know the health status of source farms
Frequently buy in sheep
Purchase from market
Purchase from unaccredited sources
Do not know the health status of source flocks
