N.Ireland
New TB quangos to cost NI up to £20,000 a year
New TB quangos – including TBEP – are expected to cost Northern Ireland up to £20,000 a year, according to...
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New TB quangos – including TBEP – are expected to cost Northern Ireland up to £20,000 a year, according to...
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Pioneering vet Dick Sibley thought he would have been lauded after he managed to clear a chronically infected herd of...
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Pioneering TB vet Dick Sibley introduces himself with a disclaimer: “Anything other than an approved test is a criminal offence...
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Farmers at an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting held earlier this week said they felt appalled that badgers were being...
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Pedigree breeders in the North say they feel they are being punished over TB because of “government failure”. Asking farmers...
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Proposals for an industry-led TB levy could raise up to £4.8 million a year if the maximum £3 per animal...
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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced an extension to the closing date for responses to...
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Scientists have used advanced techniques to identify around 11 main TB strains in Northern Ireland. While the disease – which...
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A vet whose pioneering research into bovine TB has been backed by militant animal rights activist Queen guitarist Brian May...
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Farmers are debating the possibility of introducing a levy on farm meat or milk to be used towards tackling the...
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Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) will begin badger sett surveys in two bovine tuberculosis (bTB) problem areas. It comes...
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Proposals to cap TB compensation have been branded as ‘legalised theft‘ by Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Victor Chestnutt....
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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a competition to appoint seven members to its new...
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Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a year, with bigger...
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TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...
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Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
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TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
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Farmers frequently convince themselves that their biosecurity is much better than in reality, Northern Ireland’s most senior vet has said....