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Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today announced the new chairman and first four members of its new…
TB’s advance appears to be slowing in Northern Ireland. Despite a slight increase in the region’s latest figures, the disease’s incidence rate still sits…
Bad weather has meant Northern Ireland’s TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP) start date is likely to be pushed back towards the end of the…
Bovine TB rates in Northern Ireland have dropped for the first time in more than a year. The disease hit its worst level…
Northern Ireland’s TB crisis has already begun to affect its future trade prospects, with Spain already saying it will not accept calves from…
Co-infection – especially with liver fluke – could be desensitising existing TB tests, essentially putting control measures to waste as undetected infected animals…
For the first time scientists say they could have the answer to eradicating TB in Ireland – and there’s no reason why Northern Ireland…
A lack of elected leadership has put major strain on Northern Ireland’s TB situation, the region’s chief veterinary officer Robert Huey has said.…
A Northern Ireland pedigree society has written to the chief veterinary officer asking that a tiered approach is taken towards TB measures, depending…
Official statistics show the bovine TB situation in Northern Ireland is worsening – the herd incidence rate in the region has hit its…
Maintaining of the status quo over the next 40 years would cost Northern Ireland an estimated £1,055 million (€1,189.8 million) in TB costs…
New TB quangos – including TBEP – are expected to cost Northern Ireland up to £20,000 a year, according to the department’s response…
Pioneering vet Dick Sibley thought he would have been lauded after he managed to clear a chronically infected herd of TB in just…
Pioneering TB vet Dick Sibley introduces himself with a disclaimer: “Anything other than an approved test is a criminal offence – don’t do…
Farmers at an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting held earlier this week said they felt appalled that badgers were being left to suffer…
Pedigree breeders in the North say they feel they are being punished over TB because of “government failure”. Asking farmers to fund TB…
Proposals for an industry-led TB levy could raise up to £4.8 million a year if the maximum £3 per animal was collected. It’s…
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced an extension to the closing date for responses to its TB consultation.…
