Agri-Business
TB conference to focus on making UK TB-free by 2038
This year’s bovine tuberculosis (TB) conference will focus on the work needed to make the UK free of the disease...
Tuberculosis
Agri-Business
Bovine TB cases drop in England and Wales
According to the latest figures published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), rates of bovine tuberculosis...
Dairy
TB: RSPCA calls for cattle vaccination, not just badgers
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is calling on government to place focus on cattle-based...
N.Ireland
What the 'TB Tax' could cost your business
Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a year, with bigger...
N.Ireland
'TB proposals cause serious concern - but difficult decisions must be made'
TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...
N.Ireland
Farmers could pay for TB tests under range of radical proposals
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland TB rates surpass 12-year high
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
N.Ireland
Six-hour TB test to launch at the end of this month
A pioneering six-hour TB test is expected to launch by the end of November. The test, called Actiphage, has been...
N.Ireland
TB levels in the North peak at highest rate in over a decade
Tuberculosis (TB) rates have hit their worst level in Northern Ireland in more than a decade, the latest figures reveal....
