Bovine TB Blog

May 2008 - Posts

• The 'Early detection' potential of gammaIFN

  Following our postings below on Defra's newly discovered love affair with gammaIFN, and its subsequent carnage , the twitterings spirited defence of the test from London continues to concentrate on its ability to facilitate 'early detection'... Posted May 26 2008, 07:21 AM by Bovine TB

• Bring on the clowns...

  Periodically, Defra produce a Departmental Report which sets out PSAs (Public Service Agreements) which are then presented to parliament. The 2008 report gives an overview of Defra's activities 2007-08 and looks ahead to what they hope to achieve... Posted May 24 2008, 09:53 PM by Bovine TB

• Carnage

  ... or death by one thousand cuts. Today, over 80 of Tony Yewdall's newly calved pedigree guernsey cattle were slaughtered. We covered the story of this farm's Tb problems here in 2004, but last November two further reactors were identified by... Posted May 18 2008, 06:53 PM by Bovine TB

• Top of the pile

  Farmers Guardian this week carries an exclusive report into a prize winning dairy herd near Cardigan in SW Wales. In last year's National Milk Records competitions for Pembrokeshire, the Vaughan family's 'Cilast' herd swept the board,... Posted May 03 2008, 07:21 AM by Bovine TB