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An accredited free farm is one which has joined a monitoring scheme for a particular disease
or diseases. Farms undergo repeated and regular testing in order to confirm their disease
free status.
The
Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme
provides
disease free accreditation for Maedi visna (MV), Enzootic
abortion of ewes (EAE) and Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA).
They also offer a monitoring program for Scrapie.
A list of accredited and monitoring flocks can be found at
Buying from an accredited free source
Do you know what else you could be buying in?
