Bovine TB Blog

April 2009 - Posts

• A scientist says it - so it's official.

  We have spoken many times including posts here and here on this site, from our own experiences of animal behaviour how routes of transmission can be overlooked by ignoring the obvious. That posting has a photo of a young, pregnant dairy heifer sniffing... Posted Apr 29 2009, 01:20 PM by Bovine TB

• More sympathy. No change.

  This week, recently appointed Minister for Waste and Recycling within Defra, Jane Kennedy MP, visited farms in North Somerset to meet farmers and vets who were directly affected by and involved with badgerTB. She sought to reassure sceptical farmers that... Posted Apr 18 2009, 01:08 AM by Bovine TB

• TB Free

  Before you all get excited, this is not GB we are talking about but New Zealand. They have a website where their graph of eradication progress is in striking contrast to ours. ********************** *********************** ****************** (Apologies... Posted Apr 14 2009, 12:40 PM by Bovine TB

• Vaccination - a farmer's reaction

  An excellent overview of Benn's latest idea prevarication can be found in the Farmers Weekly this week. Stephen Carr from East Sussex has suckler cows. A lot of suckler cows. And comments that after almost five years of continuous testing his herd... Posted Apr 10 2009, 02:00 PM by Bovine TB

• "Bovine TB - A Way forward."

  We have spoken many times of our distress, seeing the effect of endemic tuberculosis on the badger population. A professional photographer, has also seen on his own doorstep that effect and is making a film of it. Devon photographer, Chris Chapman whose... Posted Apr 10 2009, 01:48 AM by Bovine TB

• All Fools Day ruling

  Today, April 1st, the Court of Appeal ruled against the NFU's challenge to Defra's tabular valuation system, brought last year on behalf of several farmers, but headed by David Partridge. Handing down the appeal judgment, Lord Justice Lawrence... Posted Apr 01 2009, 01:08 PM by Bovine TB