HERD HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: Any member selling at Society Sales require to be a member of a CHeCS approved Herd Health Scheme through either Biobest Herdcare, SAC Premium Cattle Health Scheme, HI Health, Advance Cattle Health Scheme, NML Herdwise or the AFBI Cattle Health Scheme.

The Society does not require your whole herd to be tested, just the animals entered for sale. All animals male and female, including calves at foot, presented at Society Sales must be EITHER from a BVD Accredited Herd within a CHeCS approved Herd Health Scheme OR to have been BVD tested virus free. Any animal testing positive for the BVD virus cannot be entered and presented for sale. If you have used the tissue tags to sample test for BVD and the animal is not a PI, then you do not need to test again.

All animals that do not meet the above requirements cannot be presented for sale. Please complete an official herd health declaration and return with all entries by the advertised entry closing date.

The links below link you to the various different health scheme providers and allows you to view the herd status for those members who are part of a scheme.