N.Ireland
TB risk: Restaurant-style ratings for farms?
A Northern Ireland pedigree society has written to the chief veterinary officer asking that a tiered approach is taken towards...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland pedigree society has written to the chief veterinary officer asking that a tiered approach is taken towards...
N.Ireland
Official statistics show the bovine TB situation in Northern Ireland is worsening – the herd incidence rate in the region...
Dairy
A ‘super-ranging’ behaviour in badgers has been newly discovered by a team of Irish researchers – which could have a...
N.Ireland
Maintaining of the status quo over the next 40 years would cost Northern Ireland an estimated £1,055 million (€1,189.8 million)...
N.Ireland
New TB quangos – including TBEP – are expected to cost Northern Ireland up to £20,000 a year, according to...
N.Ireland
Pioneering vet Dick Sibley thought he would have been lauded after he managed to clear a chronically infected herd of...
N.Ireland
Pioneering TB vet Dick Sibley introduces himself with a disclaimer: “Anything other than an approved test is a criminal offence...
N.Ireland
Farmers at an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) meeting held earlier this week said they felt appalled that badgers were being...
N.Ireland
Pedigree breeders in the North say they feel they are being punished over TB because of “government failure”. Asking farmers...
N.Ireland
Proposals for an industry-led TB levy could raise up to £4.8 million a year if the maximum £3 per animal...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced an extension to the closing date for responses to...
Opinion
The issue of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication continues to strike fear into the heart of every Irish livestock farmer. Ireland...
N.Ireland
Scientists have used advanced techniques to identify around 11 main TB strains in Northern Ireland. While the disease – which...
N.Ireland
A vet whose pioneering research into bovine TB has been backed by militant animal rights activist Queen guitarist Brian May...
Beef
Some 45 herds in south Kerry are currently locked up with tuberculosis (TB) and there is no sign of the problem...
N.Ireland
Farmers are debating the possibility of introducing a levy on farm meat or milk to be used towards tackling the...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) will begin badger sett surveys in two bovine tuberculosis (bTB) problem areas. It comes...
N.Ireland
Proposals to cap TB compensation have been branded as ‘legalised theft‘ by Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Victor Chestnutt....