Bluetongue requirements for cattle entered for Perth bull sales – please click here

* IMPORTANT NOTICE *

Compulsory Health Testing for Society Sales

From January 1st 2009 all Beef shorthorn Cattle sold at Society sales will be required to display a completed Health Pen Card, provided by SAC or Biobest. No other health information will be allowed to be displayed. Vendors who are members of SAC, HI Health or Biobest health schemes will need to notify their relevant scheme which cattle are entered for the sale at least one month prior to the sale. Vendors who are not members of one of the three aforementioned herd health schemes will need to have the animals blood tested at SAC or Biobest laboratories for BVD, Lepto, IBR and a health pen card card obtained which will also display TB status of the herd and whether or not the herd is Johne’s accredited. If you have any questions about this requirement please contact the office for more details.

ANIMALS ARRIVING AT A SALE WITHOUT A COMPLETED HEALTH PEN CARD WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE SALE

TH Testing Permit

The import permit for sending blood samples to USA has been re-newed so samples can now be sent to Dr Beever for TH testing with immediate effect. The permit and sampling instructions are available to all Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society members by contacting the office.

Lastest on Bluetongue Movement Restrictions

For latest news on bluetongue and map of current surveillance zone please click here

World Shorthorn Conference 2010

If you would like to receive details of the Conference and tours please email the office and you will be added to the contact list for further information as it becomes available - email Frank Miles

The Shorthorn Society created a DVD movie to show at the 2007 Conference in Argentina to pitch for the 2010 Conference to come to the UK click here to watch the movie presentation, using windows media player.

To read Frank Milnes's report on the 2007 Conference in Argentina - also in the 2008 Beef Shorthorn Journal - click here.

Agribition 2007

Kirsty Landers represented the Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society in a UK team taking part in the Canadian 4H youth judging competition held at Agribition in Canada in November 2007. To read her report click here

Great Yorkshire Show Supreme Inter Breed Champion

Mark Holmes's Bull Cairnsmore Thrasher continued his amazing run of success in 2008 by taking the Supreme Inter breed Beef award at the Great Yorkshire Show.

This follows his Breed Championship and Reserve Inter breed Champion at the Royal and Breed Championship at the Royal Highland. Even more amazing is the fact that last year Mark won Breed Champion at the Royal Highland, Royal, Great Yorkshire and Royal Welsh shows with his homebred bull Holmeere Alastair - an unprecedented achievement.

Well done to Mark and to Richard and Carol Rettie who brought the bull out in such good form.