Beef
The current ceilings on valuations of cattle lost to TB are "inadequate" and are "making restocking impossible", the ICMSA has said.
N.Ireland
The number of bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactors in Northern Ireland increased by 13% in a year, according to (DAERA).
Agri-Business
The European Commission is planning to audit Ireland's bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme this year.
Dairy
About 70% of TB reactors derive from dairy herds, according to a senior superintending veterinary inspector with the DAFM, Dr. Damien Barrett
Dairy News
The dairy herd at Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick is remain restricted as recent testing found two TB reactors.
Farmers in Ireland are well aware of the implications when a TB reactor animal shows up in their herd following their annual herd TB test..
The accuracy of live valuations for TB reactors has continued to be criticised by the IFA's Animal Health Chairman, Bert Stewart.
