Re: coggins papers

[Hall@cc.denison.edu (Jude Hall)]

When I get my yearly coggins papers back, I automatically file
them in my towing truck.

It only costs me $10/horse to have my vet  draw the blood
sample and send it to the lab....so it isn't a big expense for me.

Jude Hall
in Ohio

It was recently discussed at our local feed store that someone who was
>riding the trailride to Houston that is a BIG ONE right before the Houston
>livestock show in Feb, was finded $2000 for not having his paper on his
>horse that said NEGATIVE Coggins.  Now we are all carrying our papers in
>our cars.  Never used to except for the trip to the ride.  SO if you leave
>your farm to ride elsewhere for whatever reason you have to have that paper
>on you.  NEVER had to before and I have been in TX since 82.  Sometimes I
>wonder if it isn't to make money for the vets and the labs to make up for
>those of us who do a lot of our own vetting, such as the annual
>immunizations.  WE even used to get rabies shots for dogs here, but not
>more.  If I drive 70 miles to LA, I can get it. DOES this pass the common
>sense test or the economics test?  Mary Ann, Tx
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