Bovine TB Blog

October 2009 - Posts

• TB and alpacas - advice update.

  After a concerted effort, the owners of TB affected alpacas, if not some of their breeders, have achieved not a little success in raising awareness of the susceptibility of these delightful animals to TB. The British Alpaca Society (BAS) has produced... Posted Oct 25 2009, 01:49 AM by Bovine TB

• And???

  This week a new survey was published entitled "Scientific review on Tuberculosis in wildlife in the EU1". This 117 page pdf, gives a thumbnail sketch on the eradication problems in European member states (and other parts of the world) where... Posted Oct 24 2009, 01:29 PM by Bovine TB

• EU Cash - for what?

  This week, the European Union has agreed in principle to fund the testing and slaughter of more British cattle. "THE UK’s bovine TB eradication plan has been given the green light by the EU’s animal health committee, which agreed a €10 million funding... Posted Oct 18 2009, 02:03 AM by Bovine TB

• A square peg...in a very round hole.

  The more we look at responses to our postings and those on other sites, the more we think that although baby-Ben Bradshaw was quite correct in making suspected bTB notifiable in 'any mammalian species', it would have been sensible to put a safety... Posted Oct 14 2009, 01:04 PM by Bovine TB

• Eradication - 20 / 30 years

  The report of T-BAG's (TB Advisory Group) successor, T-Beggars (TB Eradication Group) is published today on the Defra website. Foremost amongst its recommendations is a consolidation of 'parish' testing intervals to reflect risk. The maps... Posted Oct 08 2009, 01:23 PM by Bovine TB

• Tories would bring camelids under TB umbrella

  At the Tory party conference this week, Shadow Minister Jim Paice MP gave the clearest commitment yet to a bTB eradication policy which hoovers up all its susceptible victims, including camelids. Farmers Weekly has the story. Camelids and alpacas could... Posted Oct 07 2009, 01:44 PM by Bovine TB

• Party Political Animals

  As preparations get underway for the third of the party conferences, here are a couple of links to show the great divide between the current government and any future one. This pic is of Hillary Wedgewood-Benn, MP our Minister for (some) Animal's... Posted Oct 03 2009, 02:04 PM by Bovine TB