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Tuberculosis

Farmers to lead new UK project on TB vaccination for badgers

Agri-Business

3 months ago

Farmers to lead new UK project on TB vaccination for badgers

A new farmer-led research project in England is exploring how badger vaccination may be used within...

Emergency TB summit 'not before time' - TD

Dairy

6 months ago

Emergency TB summit 'not before time' - TD

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Deputy Martin Kenny, has said that the agriculture...

Minister calls emergency meeting to discuss revamped TB plan

Beef

6 months ago

Minister calls emergency meeting to discuss revamped TB plan

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has announced that he is bringing...

DAFM warns that TB reactors could reach over 60,000

Dairy

9 months ago

DAFM warns that TB reactors could reach over 60,000

Agriland understands that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is concerned...

Listen: Areas of badger vaccination see increase in TB

Beef News

12 months ago

Listen: Areas of badger vaccination see increase in TB

Despite efforts by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to curb the spread of bovine...

Beef

about 1 year ago

'Don't go chasing ghosts' when it comes to TB

Farmers have been warned not to go "chasing ghosts" when it comes to sources of bovine tuberculosis...

'Don't go chasing ghosts' when it comes to TB

Agri Politics

about 1 year ago

EU must support Irish effort to eradicate bovine TB - MEP

The European Commission needs to support Ireland's efforts to achieve bovine tuberculosis (TB) free...

EU must support Irish effort to eradicate bovine TB - MEP

Beef

about 1 year ago

Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB

Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological...

Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB

Agri-Business

over 1 year ago

DAFM monitoring bovine TB vaccine trials 'very closely'

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that trials on a bovine...

DAFM monitoring bovine TB vaccine trials 'very closely'

Beef

about 2 years ago

TB reactor animals removed from herd at an average '17.3' days

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said that the average time from a bovine...

TB reactor animals removed from herd at an average '17.3' days

Beef

almost 3 years ago

TB turmoil: Wicklow dairy farmer's dismay at loss of entire herd

Joe and his father Anthony Metcalfe are dairy and beef farmers in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. The duo...

TB turmoil: Wicklow dairy farmer's dismay at loss of entire herd

Beef

over 3 years ago

Bovine TB 'is becoming concentrated' within the dairy herd

Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) "is becoming more concentrated within the dairy herd", according to the...

Bovine TB 'is becoming concentrated' within the dairy herd

Beef News

about 4 years ago

98% of national herd tested for TB in 2020 - DAFM report

Approximately 98% of the national herd was tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in 2020, according...

98% of national herd tested for TB in 2020 - DAFM report

Dairy

over 4 years ago

TB-testing protocol extended by the DAFM

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced the extension of...

TB-testing protocol extended by the DAFM

N.Ireland

almost 8 years ago

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...

What the 'TB Tax' could cost your business

N.Ireland

almost 8 years ago

'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...

'TB proposals cause serious concern - but difficult decisions must be made'

N.Ireland

almost 8 years ago

Farmers could pay for TB tests under range of radical proposals

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today...

Farmers could pay for TB tests under range of radical proposals

N.Ireland

almost 8 years ago

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...

Northern Ireland TB rates surpass 12-year high

N.Ireland

almost 8 years ago

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...

Six-hour TB test to launch at the end of this month

N.Ireland

about 8 years ago

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...

TB levels in the North peak at highest rate in over a decade

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