Beef
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 tuberculosis (bTB) test...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said that the average time from a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) test...
Beef
Joe and his father Anthony Metcalfe are dairy and beef farmers in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. The duo recently lost their...
Beef
Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) “is becoming more concentrated within the dairy herd”, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef News
Approximately 98% of the national herd was tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in 2020, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced the extension of Covid-19-related TB-testing protocol until August 1,...
N.Ireland
Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a year, with bigger...
N.Ireland
TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
N.Ireland
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
N.Ireland
A pioneering six-hour TB test is expected to launch by the end of November. The test, called Actiphage, has been...
N.Ireland
Tuberculosis (TB) rates have hit their worst level in Northern Ireland in more than a decade, the latest figures reveal....