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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 12054" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Every dog and every handler is going to bring variability to how good a job they do finding AFB but then so does every beekeeper. I have briefly seen a dog working hives and I was very impressed. Frankly I don't see where the problem is and where the expense comes from . Organise to have a dog go round hives that have been inspected by an AP2 .</p><p>One . See if they miss any hives identified as clinical.</p><p>Two. Mark any other hives they identify as positive and do a PCR swab.In fact you could swab every hive.</p><p>Three. Accept that dogs can do the job.</p><p>No one is saying that hives will be destroyed just on the say-so of a dog and destruction would still only be after finding clinical AFB with a follow-up visual inspection but many beekeepers including myself would be quite prepared to destroy hives that are marked as positive .I think that dogs would be even more useful in identifying infected gear off the hives which has always been a major source of reinfection especially for those with ongoing problem.</p><p>One of the biggest problems with AFB control for the agency is knowing whether an AFB outbreak has been caused by the beekeeper them self or by there neighbours and a quick sniff around stored gear would quickly sort out the answer.</p><p>We know dogs work ., We know they are not the total answer to the problem ,</p><p>So what is the problem,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 12054, member: 207"] Every dog and every handler is going to bring variability to how good a job they do finding AFB but then so does every beekeeper. I have briefly seen a dog working hives and I was very impressed. Frankly I don't see where the problem is and where the expense comes from . Organise to have a dog go round hives that have been inspected by an AP2 . One . See if they miss any hives identified as clinical. Two. Mark any other hives they identify as positive and do a PCR swab.In fact you could swab every hive. Three. Accept that dogs can do the job. No one is saying that hives will be destroyed just on the say-so of a dog and destruction would still only be after finding clinical AFB with a follow-up visual inspection but many beekeepers including myself would be quite prepared to destroy hives that are marked as positive .I think that dogs would be even more useful in identifying infected gear off the hives which has always been a major source of reinfection especially for those with ongoing problem. One of the biggest problems with AFB control for the agency is knowing whether an AFB outbreak has been caused by the beekeeper them self or by there neighbours and a quick sniff around stored gear would quickly sort out the answer. We know dogs work ., We know they are not the total answer to the problem , So what is the problem, [/QUOTE]
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