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...
TB
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...
Beef
TB: 10% more new herd infections in Wales than in 2017
As South Wales farmers gather for the annual Pembrokeshire County Show, the continued frustration of the impact of Bovine TB...
Sheep
Gloucestershire alpaca could become pivotal TB test case
An award-winning alpaca breeder is battling the Government to keep her animal alive after it tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB). She argues that...
N.Ireland
Final year of NI ‘Test and Vaccinate or Remove’ badger project gets under way
The fifth and final year of the department’s Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project commenced today...
N.Ireland
DAERA and Defra approaches to tacking TB ‘poles apart’
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Robin Swann has lambasted Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for...
N.Ireland
DAERA and Defra approaches to tacking TB ‘poles apart’
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Robin Swann has lambasted Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for...
N.Ireland
New TB partnership members named
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today announced the new chairman and first four members...
N.Ireland
New TB partnership members named
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today announced the new chairman and first four members...
N.Ireland
Northern TB rates appear to stabilise
TB’s advance appears to be slowing in Northern Ireland. Despite a slight increase in the region’s latest figures, the disease’s incidence...
N.Ireland
Union and unionists engage in 'reactor fraud' spat
A war of words has erupted between the Ulster Farmers’ Union and Ulster Unionists over allegations the ear tags of...
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: TB DNA proposals stalled by ministerial absence
Proposals to take DNA samples as soon as TB reactors are found as standard procedure in Northern Ireland could combat...
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: Illegal TB tag swapping suspected in the North
Some “selfish” owners of TB reactor cattle have been suspected of swapping ear tags in a bid to get rid...
Beef
Reactor fraud: Illegal TB tag swapping suspected in the North
Some “selfish” owners of TB reactor cattle have been suspected of swapping ear tags in a bid to get rid...
N.Ireland
TB eradication partnership start date delayed
Bad weather has meant Northern Ireland’s TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP) start date is likely to be pushed back towards the...
N.Ireland
Change in direction for Northern TB rates
Bovine TB rates in Northern Ireland have dropped for the first time in more than a year. The disease hit...
N.Ireland
TB to halt NI's Spanish calf exports post-Brexit
Northern Ireland’s TB crisis has already begun to affect its future trade prospects, with Spain already saying it will not...
N.Ireland
Are 'hidden infected' putting your herd at risk of TB?
Co-infection – especially with liver fluke – could be desensitising existing TB tests, essentially putting control measures to waste as...
