Brucellosis compensation rates for February 2020 have been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland. According…
The brucellosis testing programme in Northern Ireland will be relaxed further, bringing significant benefits and savings for our farmers and taxpayers, the region’s…
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has announced the compensation rates for animals which test positive for brucellosis in Northern Ireland…
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has…
The European Union has committed close to €161m to combat animal diseases and zoonoses in 2016. This is to support eradication, control and surveillance…
The end to brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. Ireland achieved Officially Brucellosis…
The Department of Agriculture has spent €6m less on disease eradication so far this year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. This…
Now that Northern Ireland has achieved brucellosis-free status, it provides the basis for Minister Coveney to remove the pre-movement test from animals over 24…
The Europen Commission has approved the North’s application for Official Brucellosis Free (OBF) status, Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill has confirmed. Brucellosis is a…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has clarified the Brucellosis Testing Requirements for 2015. (i) A pre-movement test is mandatory for…
There will be no more annual brucellosis tests, under new changes to the national brucellosis control measures announced by the Minster for Agriculture…
Relaxation of brucellosis pre-movement testing controls for cattle movements within Northern Ireland, have been announced by the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill. “From Monday,…
