N.Ireland
NI’s proposed TB strategy could save region up to £70 million
Northern Ireland's proposed bovine TB strategy could save the region as much as £70 million, according to officials. Responding to...
TB
Beef
Slight increase in TB incidence rates in herds across England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its quarterly statistics on tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in...
Dairy
One third of dairy farmers not implementing biosecurity measures
A 2020 survey carried out in the UK has confirmed that one in three dairy farmers do not fully implement...
Agri-Business
How much would a TB breakdown cost your farm?
A UK government report published this week has sought to put a value on how much a bovine TB breakdown...
Agri-Business
Innovative research to diagnose TB in cattle faster awarded £500,000
Ground-breaking scientific research aimed at detecting bovine tuberculosis in cattle (bTB) will take place after five projects were awarded a...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
Agri-Business
Survey reveals bovine TB in a fifth of roadkill badgers in Cheshire
The first study to test for bovine tuberculosis in badgers on the edge of the cattle TB epidemic in England,...
Agri-Business
New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult
Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research...
Agri-Business
New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult
Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research...
Opinion
Bovine TB: Could chipping or electronic ID be part of the solution?
The latest public declaration by a number of veterinary surgeons to the effect that badger culling is not controlling Bovine...
Agri-Business
North Wales TB testing to be ramped up following 'unprecedented increase'
The TB testing regime in North Wales is set to be ramped up in herds with contact with those infected...
N.Ireland
Faked TB test puts reputation of 'entire cattle industry at risk'
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has weighed in on Northern Ireland’s first ever TB fraud conviction, describing the incident as the...
Agri-Business
£3.6 million TB Excellence Centre to open in Wales
A new £3.6 million Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis for Wales will open at Aberystwyth University later this year,...
Beef
Diseased cattle compensation rates announced for October
Compensation rates for cattle infected with Bovine TB, BSE, Brucellosis and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis have been announced for the month...
Agri-Business
Calls for Welsh badger cull to be reinstated following English results
Welsh farmers are calling for the country’s devolved Government plan to cull badgers to tackle bovine TB to be reinstated...
Government
Measures to fight TB unveiled as new data shows badger cull halves disease
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following the completion of licensed four-year...
Agri-Business
Almost 300 camelid TB reactors in Britain in 2017
Almost 300 camelids were slaughtered in Great Britain in 2017 after reacting positively to TB tests, the latest official figures...
