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I get mine as a pdf from an Email from my vet. So I can print as many 
"originals" as I need ;-) .

Truman

Eric Rueter wrote:
> The only valid way you can "check" a coggins paper is to have the "original"
> in your hands no copies, AND have the horse standing in front of you and
> match all the markings on the papers with the markings on the horse.  Not a
> very rider friendly method when you have over two hundred horses showing up
> over three days, and some of them not checking in at the office until right
> before they ride.  Plus you really have to check EVERY horse including
> volunteer horses, and horses just there for companionship or for crew to
> ride.
>
> Just having a "copy" of a negative coggins sent in with the ride entry does
> not get you off the hook.  If you do not check the original against the
> horse, it doesn't count.
>
> Also, I do not think you will ever actually see a positive result.  It's my
> understanding that they come to your property when there is a positive, and
> either you convince them that you can and have successfully quarantined your
> animals, or had the animals in question destroyed and properly disposed of
> before they leave.  Or maybe that is just rural (not urban) myth?
>
> I as a RM am ultimately responsible for the horses that show up at the ride,
> but I am not sure I am willing to put up with the hassle of really checking
> "coggins".  Especially not if the TN Dept of Ag isn't serious about
> enforcement.
>
> thanx eric
> Eric Rueter
> Rueter Consulting, Inc.
> Eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 865.988.4134(W)
> 865.599.3594(C)
> 865.986.5966(H)
>   


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